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pairs of matching shoes in her closet. Later on, she drew all of them on paper for the
drawing competition.

Question 13.Why does Maddie stand by and does not do anything? How is she
different from Peggy? or (was Peggy’s friendship important to Maddie? Why?
Which lines in the text tell you this?)
Answer: Peggy was the most popular girl in the class and Maddie was her closest
friend. Though, Maddie was poor, Peggy never teased her as she did with Wanda so
Maddie was afraid of losing her friendship. That’s why; she did not risk annoying
Peggy and preferred to be silent. The line, “Peggy was the best-liked girl in the whole
room. Peggy could not possibly do anything that was really wrong” illustrated this.

Question 14.What does Miss Mason think of Wanda’s drawings? What do the
children think of them? How do you know?
Answer. Miss Mason was very impressed with Wanda’s drawings. She considered
them really beautiful and worthy of winning individually. The children are also
impressed by the drawing skills of Wanda that they all applauded and whistled when
she won among the girls.