THE
HUNDRED DRESSES – II
ELEANOR ESTES
ORAL COMPREHENSION CHECK
1) What did Mr Petronski’s letter say?
Ans: Mr Petronski's letter was to notify the
principal and Miss Mason that Wanda would not come to class as she was tired of
being harassed in the school. They planned to move to a big city where no one
would make fun of their last name.
2) Is Miss Mason angry with the class, or is
she unhappy and upset?
Ans: Miss. Mason is not angry with the class
and she is unhappy and upset with the behavior from students.
3) How does Maddie feel after listening to
the note from Wanda’s father?
Ans: Maddie feels embarrassed and sorry for
the behaviour in spite of the fact that she did not make fun of her. She never
attempted to stop Peggy to do as such and stayed quiet.
4) What does Maddie want to do?
Ans: Maddie wishes to change her behaviour
towards Wanda. She wishes to meet her to apologize. She chooses to discover
Wanda at her home at Boggins Heights. She also wanted to pass on that
completely was implied in good manner and people truly love her.
ORAL COMPREHENSION CHECK
1) What excuses does Peggy think of giving in
justification of her behaviour? Why?
Ans: Peggy attempts to defend herself by
saying that her behaviour towards Wanda inspired her to investigate her drawing
skills as she sketches a hundred dresses and that makes her to win drawing
competition.
2) What are Maddie’s thoughts as they go to
Boggins Heights?
Ans: Maddie was feeling embarrassed and
regretful for being a quiet while Peggy bullied Wanda. She was feeling
resentful and troubled for Wanda and herself. She was also apologizing for not
stopping Peggy for acting badly with Wanda.
3) Why does Wanda’s house
remind Maddie of Wanda’s blue dress?
Ans: Wanda's house was
inadequate, old and replenished yet neat and clean like her blue dress that she
wore to class every day. Hence, Maddie was helped to remember the old blue
dress.
4) What does Maddie think
hard about? What important decision does she come to?
Ans: Maddie thinks not to be
quiet any longer that she had been in case of Wanda. She promised herself about
not allowing any injustice happen to anybody regardless of whether she would
need to lose a friend in this.
ORAL COMPREHENSION CHECK
1) What did the girls write in the letter?
Ans: Maddie and Peggy had written a friendly
letter to Wanda. They needed to apologize for their conduct however they ended
up finding out if she enjoyed her new school and teacher. They informed her
about her result of drawing competition. They praised her drawing skills and
furthermore told how much other students liked her art. The letter was only a
standard letter one might keep in touch with a good friend.
2) Did Maddie and Peggy get a reply? Who was
more anxious for a reply? How do you know?
Ans: No, Maddie and Peggy did not get a reply
from Wanda. Maddie was more anxious for a reply from Wanda. She had accepted
that Wanda was deeply hurt so she was not answering and blamed herself for
everything. Maddie used to have restless nights and saw awful dreams about
Wanda.
3) How did the girls know
that Wanda liked them even though they had teased her?
Ans: The girls realized that
Wanda liked them even though they had teased her when she had gifted them her
two delightful dresses, a green one with red decorations to Peggy and the blue
one to Maddie. She had even drawn their faces in the painting of the dresses
they got.
THINKING ABOUT THE TEXT
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 because of the offending
behaviour of students towards Wanda and her sibling. They were bullied by other
students for their amusing name and blue dress. Life there in different city
would have been distinctive on the grounds that people there didn't have a
narrow mind and would not humiliate them in view 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 since it is said that choosing to blind eye is more
terrible than carrying out a wrongdoing. So by being quiet she by indirectly
urged Peggy to do as such.
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 answered to Peggy’s mischief
and tricks that she confronted each day. Thus, her nonpartisan face and
uncommon conduct drove Peggy to feel that Wanda was dumb. Wanda even portrayed
the hundred dresses she said about however she wore the old blue dress each
day. Later Peggy' changed her assessment subsequent to examining Wanda's
sketches and her gesture of gifting her wonderful drawing from her collection.
4) What important decision did Maddie make?
Why did she have to think hard to do so?
Ans: Maddie chose to go to Wanda's house with
Peggy to apologize and alter for all that had occurred however Wanda had gone
out with her family. She felt terrible in light of the fact that she considered
herself a defeatist who didn't stop Peggy to insult Wanda. In this way, she
chose to speak loudly against injustice and harassing. She was firm of not
being a quiet any longer.
5) Why do you think Wanda gave Maddie and
Peggy the drawings of the dresses? Why are they surprised?
Ans: When Maddie and Peggy wrote a letter to
Wanda, she may have perceived their sentiments behind their letter and during
the dresses game; she had noticed the two of them. So she mentioned Miss Mason
to give two of her drawings to them and had shown them something new of life.
Maddie and Peggy were amazed as she gifted them the drawings with their faces.
6) Do you think Wanda really thought the
girls were teasing her? Why or why not?
Ans: Wanda knew about the bad conduct of the
girls who bullied her yet she resisted the urge to remain calm. To keep them
mum she fabricated a story of having hundred dresses and sixty pairs of
matching shoes in her closet. She taught them a lesson of life by the drawings
of the hundred beautiful dresses she claimed to have.
THINKING ABOUT THE LANGUAGE
I. Here are thirty adjectives describing
human qualities. Discuss them with your partner and put them in the two word
webs (given below) according to whether you think they show positive or
negative qualities. You can consult a dictionary if you are not sure of the
meanings of some of the words. You may also add to the list the positive or
negative ‘pair’ of a given word.
( Kind, sarcastic,
courteous, arrogant, insipid, timid, placid, cruel, haughty, proud, zealous,
intrepid, sensitive, compassionate, introverted, stolid, cheerful, contented,
thoughtless, vain, friendly, unforgiving, fashionable, generous, talented,
lonely, determined, creative, miserable, complacent)
POSITIVE
Creative
Kind
Courteous
Placid
Zealous
Intrepid
Sensitive
Compassionate
Cheerful
Contented
Friendly
Fashionable
Generous
Talented
Determined
NEGATIVE
Miserable
Insipid
Timid
Cruel
Haughty
Proud
Introverted
Stolid
Thoughtless
Vain
Unforgiving
Lonely
Complacent
Sarcastic
Arrogant
II. What adjectives can we use to describe
Peggy, Wanda and Maddie? You can choose adjectives from the list above. You can
also add some of your own.
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
III. Find
the sentences in the story with the following phrasal verbs.
(lined up, thought up, took
off, stood by)
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.
IV. Colours are used to describe feelings,
moods and emotions. 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 weekend 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
ANSWERS
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
