Question

Tears blurred her eyes and she gazed for a long time at the picture. Then hastily she rubbed her eyes and studied it intently. The colours in the dress were so vivid that she had scarcely noticed the face and head of the drawing . But it looked at her , Maddie! It really looked like her own mouth. Wanda had really drawn this for her. Excitedly, she ran over to Peggy's ."


a) Who does she refer to in the above extract?

b) Why did she run over to Peggy ?

c) Why was Maddie amazed to see the picture ?

d) Find a word in the extract which is a synonym of ' hardly '.​

Answer 1

One hundred dresses

Explanation:

a) Who does she refer to in the above extract?

She is referred to as Maddie who was one of the classmates who studied with Wanda.

b) Why did she run over to Peggy?

Maddie ran over to Peggy because she realized that they misjudged Wanda, and felt incredibly guilty for not believing her stories of her "one hundred dresses".

c) Why was Maddie amazed to see the picture?

Maddie was very amazed to see the picture because she realized that Wanda was a very talented artist and that her drawing of one hundred beautiful dresses has won the school's art competition.

d) Find a word in the extract which is a synonym of ' hardly '.​

Scarcely.