THE HUNDRED DRESSES - II

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 THE HUNDRED DRESSES - II

Multiple choice Questions (MCQ)

Read the following extracts carefully and choose the correct option:

1. While the class was circling the room, the monitor from the principal's office brought Miss Mason a note. Miss Mason read it several times and studied it thoughtfully for a while. Then she clapped her hands. "Attention, class. Everyone back to their seat. "When the shuffling of feet had stopped and the room was still and quiet, Miss Mason said, " I have a letter from Wanda's father that I want to read to you." Miss Mason stood there a moment and the silence in the room grew tense and expectant. The teacher adjusted her glasses slowly and deliberately.

(i) What was in the note that Miss Mason got from the principal's office?

(a) Monetary prize for Wanda            (b) A letter from Wanda's father

(c) Wanda's confession of lying         (d) Expression of sorry from Peggy

(ii) What did Miss Mason do before reading the note?

(a) Warned the class to be silent         (b) Had a glass of water

(c) Kept the book on the table             (d) Adjusted her glasses slowly and deliberately 

(iii) Who wrote the note to Miss Mason?

(a) Wanda's father       (b) Wanda herself        (c) Peggy            (d) The principal

(iv) What does the word "deliberately" used in the extract mean?

(a) Mistakingly           (b) Politely                 (c) Knowingly      (d) Clearly

2. A deep silence met the reading of this letter. Miss Mason took off her glasses, blew on them and wiped them on her soft white handkerchief. Then she put them on again and looked at the class. When she spoke, her voice was very low. "I am sure that none of the boys and girls in Room Thirteen would purposely and deliberately hurt anyone's feelings because his or her name happened to be a long, unfamiliar one. I prefer to think that what was said was said in thoughtlessness. I know that all of you feel the way I do, that this is a very unfortunate thing to have happened - unfortunate and sad, both. And I want you all to think about it."

(i) How did Miss Mason feel when she finished reading the letter of Wanda's father?

(a) Low in voice and at heart              (b) Confident

(c) Proud                                             (d) Frightened

(ii) What did Miss Mason say to the class?

(a) that you deserve punishment        

(b) that you should introspect and think twice before uttering something from your mouth

(c) That you should be awarded

(d) That I do not want to see your face

(iii) What was the reaction of Miss Mason after reading the letter?

(a) Happy and relieved                     (b) Stressed and angry

(c) Unhappy and disappointed         (d) Confident and victorious 

(iv) Find out the word in the extract which means "inappropriate".

(a) Silence           (b) Purposely           (c) Unfamiliar        (d) Unfortunate

3. Goodness! Wasn't there anything she could do? If only she could tell Wanda she hadn't meant to hurt her feelings. She turned around and stole a glance at Peggy, but Peggy did not look up. She seemed to be studying hard. Well, whether Peggy felt badly or not, she, Maddie, had to do something. She had to find Wanda Petronski. Maybe she had not yet moved away.

(i) Who does "she"  refer to in the passage?

(a) Peggy          (b) Maddy             (c) Wanda          (d) Miss Mason

(ii) What does Maddie decide to do?

(a) To find Wanda                            (b) To help Wanda

(c) To admit her mistake                  (d) To teach a lesson to Wanda

(iii) What was Peggy doing when Maddie looked at her?

(a) She was weeping                        (b) She seemed to be studying

(c) She was sleeping                         (d) She was talking to Miss Mason

(iv) ........................ in the extract is similar to "glance" in meaning.

(a) Meant                   (b) Turned                 (c) Find                  (d) Look up

4. " I think that's where the Petronskis live, " said Maddie, pointing to a little white house. Wisps of old grass stuck up here and there along the pathway like thin kittens. The house and its sparse little yard looked shabby but clean. It remained Maddie or Wanda's one dress, her faded blue cotton dress, shabby but clean. There was not a sign of life about the house. Peggy knocked firmly on the door, but there was no answer. She and Maddie went around to the back-yard and knocked there. Still there was no answer.

(i) What does the house of Petronski remind to Maddie?

(a) Wanda's green velvet dress                   (b) Wanda's red velvet dress

(c) Wanda's glowing yellow dress              (d) Wanda's blue cotton dress

(ii) Why did they knock at the door of the house?

(a) To burgle the house                                  (b) To get the house renovated

(c) In the hope of Wanda still being there     (d) To meet Wanda's father

(iii) How did Wanda's House look?

(a) Like a palace      (b) Shabby but clean        (c) Haunted and fearful      (d) Pleasing and lively

(iv) .......................... in the extract means the same as "dirty and of low quality".

(a) Shabby               (b) Wisps                         (c) Firm              (d) Backyard

5. At last Maddie sat up in bed and pressed her forehead tight in her hands and really thought. This was the hardest thinkin she had ever done. After a long, long time, she reached an important conclusion. She was never going to stand by and say nothing again. If she ever heard anybody picking on someone because her were funny looking or because they had strange names, she'd speak up. Even if it meant losing Peggy's friendship. She had no way of making things right with Wanda, but from now on she would never make anybody else that unhappy again. 

(i) What decision did Maddie take after a longtime?

(a) Raise herself to a level of prosperity     (b) Keep quiet and stop others from mocking anyone

(c) Unfriend Peggy                                      (d) Befriend Wanda

(ii) Why was it difficult for Maddie to make things right with Wanda?

(a) Wanda was not talking to her                             (b) Peggy was preventing her from doing so

(c) Maddie herself was not in a very sound state    (d) Wanda had shifted to another city

(iii) At what cost was Maddie committed to reform herself?

(a) Losing her friendship with Peggy                  (b) Leaving the school

(c) Changing the city                                            (d) Leaving her family

(iv) ....................... word in the extract means the same as "the summing up of an argument".

(a) Forehead         (b) Thought              (c) Conclusion           (d) Strange

6. On Saturday, Maddie spent the afternoon with Peggy. They were writing a letter to Wanda Petronski. They were writing a letter to Wanda Petronski. It was just a friendly letter telling about the contest and telling Wanda she had won. They told her how pretty her drawings were. And they asked her if she liked where she was living and if she liked her new teacher. They had meant to say they were sorry, but it ended up with their just writing a friendly letter, the kind they would have written to any good friend, and they signed it with lots of X's for love. They mailed the letter to Boggins Heights, writing "Please Forward" on the envelope.

(i) What did Maddie and Peggy write in the letter to Wanda?

(a) Informed her of winning the drawing competition besides inquiring about new house and school

(b) Told her how they had renovated her old house

(c) Told her that Miss Mason had also moved to another city

(d) Told her that they still missed teasing her

(ii) How did they end the letter and why?

(a) With smileys to make her laugh   (b) With lots of X's to show their love and friendship

(c) With one finger indicating their teasing her    (d) With closed eyes expressing their teasing her

(iii) Why did they write a letter to Wanda?

(a) To know about how she was         (b) To add to her agony

(c) To convey their indifference towards her      

(d) To convey their being ashamed of rude behavior and apologizing indirectly

(iv) ..................... in the extract means 'competition'.

(a) Drawing            (b) Meant             (c) Signed             (d) Contest

7. Weeks went by and still Wanda did not answer. Peggy had begun to forget the whole business, and Maddie put herself to sleep at night making speeches about Wanda, defending her from great crowds of girls who were trying to tease her with, " How many dresses have you got?" And before Wanda could press her lips together in a tight line, the way she did before answering, Maddie would cry out, " Stop!" Then everybody would feel ashamed the way she used to feel. Now it was Christmas time and there was snow on the ground. Christmas bells and a small tree decorated the classroom. On the last day of school before the holidays, the teacher showed the class a letter she had received that morning.

(i) What happened with Maddie at night when she thought of Wanda?

(a) Wanda came to meet her       (b) Wanda scolded her for her mocking

(c) Maddie made up speeches about defending Wanda from other girls in her dream

(d) The two embraced each other lovingly

(ii) What did the teacher show the class on the last day of the school before holidays?

(a) Wanda's letter              (b) Wanda's drawings

(c) Wanda's dresses          (d) Wanda's trophies

(iii) Who had begun to forget the sad Wanda episode?

(a) Miss Mason                 (b) The last bench boys

(c) Maddie                         (d) Peggy

(iv) ...................... in the extract means "made something more attractive".

(a) Showed                         (b) Decorated

(c) Dressed                         (d) Ashamed

8. Tears blurred her eyes and she gazed for a long time at the picture. Then hastily she rubbed her eyes and studied it intently. The colours in the dress were so vivid that she had scarcely noticed the face and head of the drawing. But it looked like her, Maddie! It really looked like her own mouth. Why it really looked like her own self! Wanda had really drawn this for her. Excitedly, she ran over to Peggy's.

(i) Who does "she" refer to the extract?

(a) Maddie                (b) Wanda              (c) Peggy             (d) Miss Mason

(ii) Why did she run over to Peggy?

(a) To tell her about Wanda's gift

(b) To know if Peggy could also notice her face in the drawing gifted by Wanda

(c) To know about how Wanda was       (d) Tp plan her meeting with Wanda

(iii) Why was Maddie amazed to see the picture?

(a) It was beautiful                                  (b) It was wicked

(c) It had her own face                            (d) It had Miss Mason's face

(iv) ....................... in the extract means the same as "hardly".

(a) Excitedly                (b) Intently            (c) Hastily             (d) Scarcely






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