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Question 7.Why is Maddie embarrassed by the questions Peggy asks Wanda?
                    Is she also like Wanda, or is she different?
                    Answer: Maddie is embarrassed by the questions Peggy asks Wanda because she
                    was also poor and understood the mental condition of Wanda. She also wore
                    dresses handed down by rich family. Though, she was an American but she had the
                    same mind-set as Wanda and didn’t want anyone to tease Wanda because of her
                    dress or her name.

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                    Question 8.Why didn’t Maddie ask Peggy to stop teasing Wanda? What was
                    she afraid of?
                    Answer: Maddie didn’t ask Peggy to stop teasing Wanda because Peggy was the
                    most popular girl in the school. She was a nice girl but when it came to Wanda she
                    behaved differently, otherwise she helped everyone in trouble. Though, she wants
                    Peggy to stop teasing Wanda, she didn’t ask her to do so as she was afraid of being
                    the next target of such taunts and teasing.

                    Question 9.Who did Maddie think would win the drawing contest? Why?
                    Answer: Maddie always believed that Peggy would win the drawing contest as she
                    was good in drawing and everybody in the school loved her. She had a good image
                    and impression on her teachers and classmates. No other girl in the class could
                    draw as well as her. So, Peggy definitely had very good chances of winning the
                    drawing contest according to Maddie.

                    Question 10.Who won the drawing contest? What had the winner drawn?
                    Answer: Among the boys, Jack Beggles and among the girls, Wanda Petronski won
                    the drawing contest. Jack Beggles had designed an outboard motor and Wanda had
                    drawn a hundred dresses which were dazzling with colours and had brilliant and
                    lavish designs. The judge said that any one of the drawings was worthy of winning
                    the prize. Wanda had drawn all the dresses which she had claimed to have had in
                    the class. Everybody was very impressed with her drawing skill and clapped for her.

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                    Question 11.How is Wanda seen as different by the other girls? How do they
                    treat her?
                    Answer: Wanda was a polish girl who had settled in America with her parents. She
                    lived in Boggins Heights. She came to school in same faded blue dress everyday
                    with her feet always covered with mud. Her last name is quite funny and difficult to
                    pronounce for her classmates. She appeared to be a misfit so all the students made
                    fun of her and teased her after the school hours. After she was teased endlessly and
                    her tolerance wore out she claimed to have had a hundred dresses in her closet.

                    Question 12.How does Wanda feel about the dresses game? Why does she say
                    that she has a hundred dresses?
                    Answer: Wanda felt very embarrassed and remained silent in the class. She didn’t
                    talk to anyone and sat on the back bench with rough boys so that nobody would pay
                    any attention to her. She was deeply hurt but never complained about it. To avoid
                    their taunts and humiliation, Wanda said that she had a hundred dresses and sixty
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