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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Contest" and "The Hundred Dresses".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was NOT among the comments made by the various girls admiring Cecile's new outfit?
(a) One girl said that her father had just been laid off, so she had not been able to buy a new dress for the school year.
(b) One girl said that she planned to force her mother to buy her an outfit like Cecile's.
(c) One girl said that she had just gotten a new dress for dancing school.
(d) One girl said that her mother had just bought her a dress made of one of the Stuart plaids.

2. The narrator states at the end of the chapter entitled "The Contest" that "by the time" what kind of lesson begins, Maddie has "forgotten all about" (38) Wanda?
(a) Arithmetic.
(b) Science.
(c) Geography.
(d) History.

3. Which members of the class in Room 13 are tasked with submitting designs for motorboats?
(a) Students with last names beginning with letters A through L.
(b) The boys.
(c) Students with last names beginning with letters M through Z.
(d) The girls.

4. With what objects had Maddie's mother tried to disguise the second-hand nature of Maddie's dress?
(a) Trimmings.
(b) Patches.
(c) Galvanized thread and a needle.
(d) Darts.

5. The contest at the center of the narrative is said to be "a drawing and" what "contest" (38)?
(a) Writing.
(b) Shading.
(c) Color.
(d) Portrait.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Wanda live in a small frame house not far beyond the home of old man Svenson?

2. Who is said to have likely procured the cap that Wanda usually wears?

3. Maddie believes that she will "never have the courage to" (34) take what action?

4. The teacher of the class at the center of the narrative begins each day by having the students take what action?

5. By what name does Maddie often call her best friend Peggy?

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