Chapter 6 The Hundred Dresses–II Solutions
Question - 11 : - How did the girls know that Wanda liked them even though they had teased her?
Answer - 11 : - Both Maddie and Peggy realised that Wanda actually liked them although they would often tease her. However, when Wanda sent a letter to her school teacher in which she mentioned to gift her two beautiful dresses’ sketches to the girls – a green one with red trimmings to Peggy and the blue one to Maddie. She had also drawn their respective faces in the sketches of the dresses.
Question - 12 : - Why do you think Wanda’s family moved to a different city? Do you think life there was going to be different for their family?
Answer - 12 : - Wanda’s family moved to a different city due to the racist and ill-behaviour of the students in school towards Wanda and her brother, Jake. They were being teased by other students for their funny name and appearance. Jan Petronski , Wanda’s father thought that life in the new city would be different because people in bigger cities are not so narrow-minded and also they would not be teased because of their name or status.
Question - 13 : - Maddie thought her silence was as bad as Peggy’s teasing. Was she right?
Answer - 13 : - Yes, Maddie was filled with remorse for being a silent spectator of Peggy’s teasing towards Wanda because she thought that turning a blind eye towards an unfair practice is even worse than committing a crime. So, she felt ashamed for indirectly encouraging Peggy to humiliate Wanda often.
Question - 14 : - Peggy says, “I never thought she had the sense to know we were making fun of her anyway. I thought she was too dumb.
Answer - 14 : - And gee, look how she can draw!” What led Peggy to believe that Wanda was dumb? Did she change her opinion later?
Answer:
Wanda never complained about Peggy’s ill-treatment and pranks towards her. Her silent and unusual behaviour led Peggy to believe that she was dumb. Wanda often claimed to have a hundred dresses and sixty pairs of shoes all lined up in her closet and this made Peggy wonder if she really had the dresses, why Wanda used to wear the same old faded blue dress to school every day. However, later Peggy changed her opinion and was quite impressed when she saw Wanda’s sketches. Furthermore, she was surprised when Wanda asked Miss Mason to gift her sketch of a green dress with red trimmings to Peggy from her collection.
Answer - 15 : - Maddie decided to go to Wanda’s house in Boggins Heights with Peggy to apologise and amend her behaviour for all the ill-treatment done by them, but Wanda had left her house with her family already. Maddie was upset because she thought she acted like a coward as she never stopped Peggy from insulting Wanda. So, she promised herself that she would not let any injustice or bullying happen to anyone even if it meant to lose her close friend while doing so.
Question - 16 : - Why do you think Wanda gave Maddie and Peggy the drawings of the dresses? Why are they surprised?
Answer - 16 : - When Maddie and Peggy wrote a friendly letter to Wanda, she might have understood their feelings towards her and the dresses game for which they used to mock her and she had observed both of them. So she requested Miss Mason to give two of her sketches to them to show them that she did not have any hard feelings for them. Maddie and Peggy were taken by surprise when she gifted them the drawings with their faces on those sketches.
Question - 17 : - Do you think Wanda really thought the girls were teasing her? Why or Why not?
Answer - 17 : - Yes, Wanda was aware of the misbehaviour of the girls who teased her every day at school. She knew that they used to make fun of her name and appearance, but she chose to remain silent. She used to feel humiliated for their misbehaviour and fed up of everything, she exaggerated to have a hundred dresses and sixty pairs of matching shoes in her closet. Later, when she won the contest she requested Miss Miss Mason to give away two of her sketches to Peggy and Maddie as a gesture of her broad-mindedness towards the girls who often made fun of her.
Question - 18 : - What adjectives can we use to describe Peggy, Wanda and Maddie?
Answer - 18 : -
You can choose adjectives from the list above. You can also add some of your own.
1. Peggy ____
2. Wanda ____
3. Maddie ____
Answer:
1. Peggy Sarcastic, thoughtless, zealous, unforgiving arrogant, cruel, haughty, proud, vain
2. Wanda Kind, courteous, introverted, talented, lonely, determined, complacent, contented, generous, friendly, intrepid, sensitive, compassionate, creative.
3. Maddie Insipid, timid, placid, stolid
Question - 19 : - Find the sentences in the story with the following phrasal verbs.
lined up, thought up, took off, stood by
Answer - 19 : -
1. Lined up She thought of the glowing picture of those hundred dresses all lined up in the classroom.
2. Thought up Peggy who had thought up this game and Maddie her inseparable friend, were always ‘the last to leave.
3. Took off Miss Mason took off her glasses, blew on them and wiped them on her soft white handkerchief.
4. Stood by She had stood by silently and that was just as bad as what Peggy had done.
Question - 20 : - Colours are used to describe feelings, moods and emotions.
Answer - 20 : -
Match the following ‘colour expressions’ with a suggested paraphrase.
1. The Monday morning blues : feel embarrassed /angry /ashamed
2. Go red in the face : feel very sick, as if about to vomit
3. Look green : sadness or depression after a weekened of fun
4. The red carpet : the sign or permission to begin an action
5. Blue-blooded : a sign of surrender or acceptance of defeat; a wish to stop fighting
6. A green belt : in an unlawful act; while doing something wrong
7. A blackguard : a photographic print of building plans; a detailed plan or scheme
8. A grey area : land around a town or city where construction is prohibited by law
9. A white flag : an area of a subject or a situation where matters are not very clear
10. A blue print : a dishonest person with no sense of right or wrong
11. Red-handed : a special welcome
12. The green light : of noble birth or from a royal family
Answer:
1. The Monday morning blues : sadness or depression after a weekend of fun
2. To go red in the face : feel embarrassed /angry/ashamed
3. Look green : feel very sick, as if about to vomit
4. The red carpet : a special welcome
5. Blue – blooded : of noble birth or from a royal family
6. A green belt : land around a town or city where construction is prohibited by law
7. Black guard : a dishonest person with no sense of right or wrong
8. A grey area : an area of a subject or a situation where matters are not very clear.
9. A white flag : a sign of surrender or acceptance of defeat; a wish to stop fighting
10. A blue print : a photographic print of building plans; a detailed clan or scheme
11. Red-handed : in an unlawful act; while doing something wrong
12. The green light : the sign of permission to begin an action