The Hundred Dresses_II
The Hundred Dresses_II
I) Answer the following questions:
1. 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?
Ans) Wanda’s family moved to a different city due to the racism and the humiliation
Wanda and her brother suffered at school. They were teased by other students
for their funny names and old clothes. Life was definitely going to be different in a different city because people there would not have a narrow mindset and would not tease them because of their name or status.
2. Maddie thought her silence was as bad as Peggy’s teasing. Was she right?
Ans)Yes, Maddie thought that her silence was as bad as Peggy’s teasing because it is
often said that turning a blind eye to a crime is worse than committing a crime.So by being silent she indirectly encouraged Peggy to tease her.
3. Peggy says, ‚I never thought she had sense to know we were making fun of her
anyway. I thought she was too dumb. And gee, look how she can draw! ‛What led
Peggy to believe that Wanda was dumb? Did she change her opinion later?
Ans) Wanda never reacted to Peggy‘s misbehaviour towards her. This unusual
behaviour led Peggy to think that Wanda was dumb. Furthermore, Wanda spoke of having hundred dresses in her closet when in reality she wore the same old faded blue dress everyday. But later Peggy’s opinion changed after looking at Wanda’s sketches and Wanda’s gesture of gifting her and Maddie beautiful drawings from her collection.
4. What important decision did Maddie make? Why did she have to think hard to do so?
Ans)Maddie decided to go to Wanda’s house with Peggy to apologise and amend for
all that had happened but Wanda had left the house with her family. She felt bad because she thought of herself as a coward who did not stop Peggy from insulting Wanda. So, she decided to raise voice against injustice and bullying. She was firm of not being a mute spectator anymore.
5. Why do you think Wanda gave Maddie and Peggy the drawings of the dresses? Why
are they surprised?
Ans)Maddie and Peggy had written a letter to Wanda. Though it was a friendly letter,
Wanda must have understood the feelings behind their letter. Therefore Wanda’s
request that two of her drawings be given to Maddie and Peggy could be her way of telling them that she had forgiven them that she had forgiven and forgotten. When Maddie and Peggy did not receive a reply to their letter for a long time, they felt that perhaps Wanda was still hurt and angry. Therefore they were surprised when they came to know that Wanda had asked Miss Mason to give them two of her drawings in which the girls looked liked Peggy and Maddie.
6. Do you think Wanda really thought the girls were teasing her? Why or why not?
Ans) Wanda was aware of the misbehaviour of the girls who teased her everyday but
she remained calm. To stop them from teasing her, she exaggerated and told
them that she hundred dresses and sixty pairs of matching shoes in her closet.
II )Answer the following questions in 100-120 words:
Draw the character sketch of Peggy.
Peggy was a rich, pretty girl with curly hair. She was the most liked girl in her class. She had many beautiful dresses. She was intelligent, good in studies, scored good marks and sat in the front row. She could understand the hidden message of Wanda’s gifts that she liked her and Maddie and was not angry with them for teasing her. At times she seemed bossy and dominated Maddie who was her close friend. She loved fun and enjoyed teasing Wanda, playing the game of hundred dresses with her.
Why do you think Wanda’s family moved to a different city? Do you think life there was
going to be different for the family?
Wanda’s family could no longer tolerate the mockery she was subjected to other
students made fun of her name and called her ‘Pollack’. Peggy and other girls often teased her by asking her about her hundred dresses which she said she had ‘all lined up in her closet’ but wore the same faded blue dress that was too long and hung loosely on her body. Fed up by this teasing Wanda’s family shifted to a big city where there were a lot of foreigners with unfamiliar names. One cannot be certain whether the life of Wanda’s family was going to be different in the city.
But one thing seems certain that no one would have made fun of Wanda’s name
or looks.
I) Answer the following questions:
1. 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?
Ans) Wanda’s family moved to a different city due to the racism and the humiliation
Wanda and her brother suffered at school. They were teased by other students
for their funny names and old clothes. Life was definitely going to be different in a different city because people there would not have a narrow mindset and would not tease them because of their name or status.
2. Maddie thought her silence was as bad as Peggy’s teasing. Was she right?
Ans)Yes, Maddie thought that her silence was as bad as Peggy’s teasing because it is
often said that turning a blind eye to a crime is worse than committing a crime.So by being silent she indirectly encouraged Peggy to tease her.
3. Peggy says, ‚I never thought she had sense to know we were making fun of her
anyway. I thought she was too dumb. And gee, look how she can draw! ‛What led
Peggy to believe that Wanda was dumb? Did she change her opinion later?
Ans) Wanda never reacted to Peggy‘s misbehaviour towards her. This unusual
behaviour led Peggy to think that Wanda was dumb. Furthermore, Wanda spoke of having hundred dresses in her closet when in reality she wore the same old faded blue dress everyday. But later Peggy’s opinion changed after looking at Wanda’s sketches and Wanda’s gesture of gifting her and Maddie beautiful drawings from her collection.
4. What important decision did Maddie make? Why did she have to think hard to do so?
Ans)Maddie decided to go to Wanda’s house with Peggy to apologise and amend for
all that had happened but Wanda had left the house with her family. She felt bad because she thought of herself as a coward who did not stop Peggy from insulting Wanda. So, she decided to raise voice against injustice and bullying. She was firm of not being a mute spectator anymore.
5. Why do you think Wanda gave Maddie and Peggy the drawings of the dresses? Why
are they surprised?
Ans)Maddie and Peggy had written a letter to Wanda. Though it was a friendly letter,
Wanda must have understood the feelings behind their letter. Therefore Wanda’s
request that two of her drawings be given to Maddie and Peggy could be her way of telling them that she had forgiven them that she had forgiven and forgotten. When Maddie and Peggy did not receive a reply to their letter for a long time, they felt that perhaps Wanda was still hurt and angry. Therefore they were surprised when they came to know that Wanda had asked Miss Mason to give them two of her drawings in which the girls looked liked Peggy and Maddie.
6. Do you think Wanda really thought the girls were teasing her? Why or why not?
Ans) Wanda was aware of the misbehaviour of the girls who teased her everyday but
she remained calm. To stop them from teasing her, she exaggerated and told
them that she hundred dresses and sixty pairs of matching shoes in her closet.
II )Answer the following questions in 100-120 words:
Draw the character sketch of Peggy.
Peggy was a rich, pretty girl with curly hair. She was the most liked girl in her class. She had many beautiful dresses. She was intelligent, good in studies, scored good marks and sat in the front row. She could understand the hidden message of Wanda’s gifts that she liked her and Maddie and was not angry with them for teasing her. At times she seemed bossy and dominated Maddie who was her close friend. She loved fun and enjoyed teasing Wanda, playing the game of hundred dresses with her.
Why do you think Wanda’s family moved to a different city? Do you think life there was
going to be different for the family?
Wanda’s family could no longer tolerate the mockery she was subjected to other
students made fun of her name and called her ‘Pollack’. Peggy and other girls often teased her by asking her about her hundred dresses which she said she had ‘all lined up in her closet’ but wore the same faded blue dress that was too long and hung loosely on her body. Fed up by this teasing Wanda’s family shifted to a big city where there were a lot of foreigners with unfamiliar names. One cannot be certain whether the life of Wanda’s family was going to be different in the city.
But one thing seems certain that no one would have made fun of Wanda’s name
or looks.
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