Question

2.Suddenly she paused and shuddered. She pictured herself in the
school yard, a new target for Peggy and the girls. Peggy might ask her
where she got the dress that she had on, and Maddie would have to say
it was one of Peggy's old ones that Maddie's mother had tried to
disguise with new trimmings so no one in Room Thirteen would
recognise it. 1x4=4
a) Who is 'she' in the above lines?
b) Peggy asked her about her
(Dress / School/address)
c) How would Maddie's mother have tried to disguise the old dress?
d) She pictured herself in place of
(Peggy / Wanda)​

Answer 1

Answer: see the answer here

Explanation: in this passage, Maddie recognizes that to stand up for Wanda might mean exposing herself to ridicule. Maddie wrestles with her conflicting desires: to do the right thing and to remain a part of the popular set. This passage is significant because it illustrates how Maddie's identification with Wanda weighs on her mind in two ways: on one hand, Maddie knows it is unfair to stigmatize Wanda for her poverty, while on the other, Maddie fears becoming stigmatized herself.

Maddie is tormented that the Petronskis have moved away because of the prejudice they encountered in town. Maddie cannot reconcile with Wanda face-to-face, and so her only recourse is to decide that she will be a champion of the bullied and the socially outcast. Though a reconciliation with Wanda may be out of reach, Maddie has at least learned an important lesson about the importance of defending vulnerable people.

Answer 2

Explanation:

1. wanda
2. dress
3. Maddie's mother had tried to disguise the old dresses of Peggy with new trimmings so no one in Maddie's class would recognise them. Question 7. As for Wanda, she was just some girl who lived up on Beggings Heights and stood alone in the school yard. She scarcely ever said anything to anybody.
4. Wanda.