NCERT SOLUTIONS FOR CLASS 10 - ENGLISH NOTES - THE HUNDRED DRESSES - II - ELEANOR ESTES - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - CBSE

 

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