English Worksheet - 6
Ch-5 The Hundred dresses 1 Std: 10th
Dt: 08/05/2010
1 Where in the classroom does Wanda sit and why?
2. Where does Wanda live and what kind of place do you think it is?
3. When and why do Peggy and Maddie noticed Wanda's absence?
4. What do you think "to have fun when her" means?
5. In what way does Wanda different from other?
6. Did Wanda have hundred dresses? why do you think she said she did?
7. Why is Maddie embarrassed by the question Peggy ask Wanda??
8. Is Maddie also like Wanda or is she different from her?
Answers
Answer:
Q1. Where in the classroom does Wanda sit and why?
A. Wanda used to sit in that corner of the classroom where the rough boys sat, the boys who got the lowest marks and had the loudest laughter. No one ever knew why she really sat there but there were guesses that it was because of the dirt her shoes carried from all the mud.
Q2. Where does Wanda live? What kind of a place do you think it is?
A. Wanda lived in Boggins Heights. According to the description given in the chapter, it was that part of the city or town where poor people lived. The place was filled with mud which is where Wanda got the dirt on her shoes from.
Q3. When and why do Peggy and Maddie notice Wanda’s absence?
A. On Wednesday, Peggy and Maddie noticed that Wanda was missing. They had been waiting for her outside school, before school began. As she did not come, they even got late for school. It was then that they realized her absence from school.
Q4. What do you think “to have fun with her” means?
A. “To have fun with her” means to tease her about the hundred dresses she claimed to have which is contradictory to the fact that she always wore the same faded blue dress.
Q5. In what way was Wanda different from the other children?
A. Wanda was a quiet and shy girl who had no friends. She had the weirdest name in her class which differentiated her from everyone else.
Q6. Did Wanda have a hundred dresses? Why do you think she said she did?
A. No, Wanda did not actually have a hundred dresses; she only had drawings of them. She was a poor girl who would have desired to have a closet full of hundred dresses, all lined up. That is why, she said that she did have them.
Q7. Why is Maddie embarrassed by the questions Peggy asks Wanda? Is she also like Wanda, or is she different?
A. Maddie is embarrassed by how Peggy deals with Wanda not because she cares about Wanda, but because she was poor herself and feared that one day, they would treat her the same way. Maddie is a poor girl but not as poor as Wanda and unlike Wanda, she had a lot of friends.