Chapter 1
Where is Wanda from? What is the name of her hometown?
Boggins Heights
What can you do in Boggins Heights during the summer?
pick wildflowers
Who was thinking about how the dresses game started?
Maddie
What color is Cecile's dress?
Crimson
Who did Maddie think would win the drawing and color contest?
Peggy
Why did Peggy and Maddie wait for Wanda?
They wanted to have some fun with her.
How many dresses did Wanda say she had?
Why was Cecile wearing a fancy dress and ballet slippers?
She had a dancing lesson
Why was it hard for Maddie to focus on her work in class?
She had been late and was thinking of Wanda.
Who does Maddie get her dresses from?
Peggy's mom
What famous speech do the students in room 13 say at the beginning of class?
Gettysburg Address
Who does Old Man Svenson live with?
only his dog and cat
How was the weather on the day the dresses game started?
It was a bright blue day in October.
Jake goes to school early and helps ____ ?
Mr. Heany, the janitor
Why did Maddie want to write Peggy a note?
She didn't have courage to speak right out to Peggy.
Why did Peggy and Maddie finally notice Wanda's absence?
They waited for her and were late to school.
Why was Maddie worried about Peggy and the dresses game with Wanda?
She was worried that Peggy and the others would make fun of her next.
Why did Cecile wear fancier clothes than most of them?
She was a toe dancer.
What kind of people does Cecile's crimson dress and Wanda's blue dress represent?
__ and __ people
rich and poor people
Why did Maddie decide against writing a note?
She was worried that Peggy would make her a new target (of bullying/teasing).
Who is the student who is always late to school? (He slid into his chair as if he made a touchdown)
Jack Beggles
What is the dresses game?
asking Wanda how many dresses, shoes, hats, etc. she had
What was Maddie doing at her desk when she started thinking about the dresses game?
Sharpening her pencil
Why did Wanda tell Peggy about her hundred dresses?
She wanted to be friends with all the other girls.
Why was Wanda slow at reading? (2 answers)
1) She was shy/timid.
2) Maybe she was still learning English.