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Text book questions and answers

Q1. How is Wanda seen as different by the other girls? How do they treat her?
Ans : Wanda is seen as different by the other girls because of her origin and dress.
She always wears the same dress. Then her feet are usually caked with dry mud.
They treat her badly. They make fun of her. They belittle her.

Q2. How does Wanda feel about the dresses game? Why does she say that she has a
hundred dresses?
Ans : Wanda feels about the dresses game. She says that she has a hundred dresses.
It is to counter the fun other girls make of her. She felt insulted.

Q3. Why does Maddie stand by and not do anything? How is she different from
Peggy?
Ans : Maddie stands by and does nothing because she doesn’t have the courage to
speak to Peggy. She is different from Peggy as she doesn’t make fun of Wanda. She
remains silent while Peggy makes fun of Wanda. Peggy’s friendship is important to
her. It is because she is the best liked girl in the whole room. She hopes Peggy
wouldn’t do anything wrong.

Q4. What does Miss Mason think of Wanda’s drawing? What do the children think of
them? How do you know?
Ans : Miss Mason thinks of Wanda’s drawing as “exquisite” “all different and all
beautiful. The children think of them as amazing” . They stop short and gasped when
they look at their beauty and brilliance. I know this from their reaction. They are
taken in surprisingly by their dazzling colours and lavish design.

Q. 5. Appearance is deceptive. Explain with reference to the lesson “THEHUNDRED
DRESSES-I” in 150 words.