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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Up on Boggins Heights".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Just before Maddie destroys the note she is writing to Peggy, Maddie thinks about the possibility that which character may point out the second-hand nature of Maddie's dress?
(a) Wanda.
(b) Peggy.
(c) Miss Mason.
(d) Cecile.

2. What term is NOT used to describe the milieu of the moment at which Peggy and Maddie set off toward Boggins Heights?
(a) Damp.
(b) Drizzly.
(c) Dark.
(d) Dismal.

3. 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) Science.
(b) Geography.
(c) History.
(d) Arithmetic.

4. What is the weather like on the day when the winners of the drawing contest are announced?
(a) It is windy.
(b) It is foggy.
(c) It is sunny.
(d) It is drizzling.

5. In what vice does old man Svenson indulge, according to the narrator?
(a) He dates several different women.
(b) He chews tobacco.
(c) He drinks alcohol.
(d) He gambles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maddie's visions of defending Wanda are said to be ineffective for what reason?

2. Initially, what fear inspires Maddie to become apprehensive about the dresses game?

3. What was NOT one of the items of Cecile's clothing admired by the girls surrounding her on the day when the hundred dresses game was invented?

4. The structure against which Wanda usually leans as she waits for the bell to ring is covered with what?

5. In what manner does Maddie destroy the note she had been writing to Peggy?

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