Oral Comprehension Check
1. In what way was Wanda different from the other children?
2. Did Wanda have a hundred dresses? Why do you think she said
she did?
3. Why is Maddie embarrassed by the questions Peggy asks Wanda? Is
she also like Wanda, or is she different?
Answers
Answer:
1.Wanda was different from other children as she had no friends. She came to school alone and went home alone. She always wore a faded blue dress that did not fit her properly. Unlike other children, she kept quiet and did not talk to anyone.
2.Wanda did not have a hundred dresses because she was poor and wore the same faded dress to school every day The other children of her class used to make fun of her poverty, and would have laughed at her whatever excuse she would have made. Peer pressure and the want of acceptance by peers would have forced her to exaggerate everything.
3.Maddie was embarrassed by the questions Peggy asked Wanda because she was poor too. She wore old clothes which were given by rich people. She did not feel sorry for Wanda. She was worried that just like Wanda people will mock her too. She was not as poor as Wanda. Yet she was afraid that the others might make fun of her too.