CBSE Class 10 English The Hundred Dresses I MCQs

Question. What was Maddie’s full name?
(a) Madeline
(b) Madeline
(c) Maddeline
(d) Madger

Answer :  B

Question. How did the girls know that Wanda liked them even though they had teased her?
(a) She offered them all the hundred dresses
(b) She offered them tea.
(c) She offered them a house
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  A

Question. Who lived in Boggins Heights?
(a) Maddie
(b) Peggy
(c) Wanda
(d) Cecile

Answer :  C

Question. How is Wanda seen as different by the other girls?
(a) Because of her nature
(b) Because of her tasks
(c) Because of her origin and dress
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  C

Question. Who is the author of "The Hundred Dresses"?
(a) Liam O’ Flaherty
(b) Frederick Forsyth
(c) Roal Dahl
(d) El Bsor Ester

Answer :  D

Question. What does Miss Mason think of Wanda’s drawing?
(a) Exquisite
(b) Ugly
(c) Average
(d) None of the Above

Answer:   A

Question. The ‘most courteous manner’ here means that Peggy was
(a) on her best behaviour.
(b) teasing Wanda.
(c) trying to impress Wanda.
(d) respectful to Wanda.

Answer:   B

Question. Why did they think Wanda wouldn’t reply?
(a) she didn’t know how to read
(b) she didn’t know how to write
(c) She must’ve been sad and angry
(d) all of the above

Answer:   C

Question. How other girls treat Wanda?
(a) She doesn’t make fun of Wanda.
(b) She like Wanda a lot.
(c) She hated Wanda a lot.
(d) None of the Above

Answer:   A

Question. Who secretly disliked how Wanda was being treated?
(a) Peggy
(b) Cecile
(c) Maddie
(d) Jake

Answer:   C

Question. Straws of old grass stuck up along the pathways like:
(a) thin calves
(b) thin puppy
(c) thin kittens
(d) thin cubs

Answer:   C

Question. Which comments hurt the feelings of Wanda?
(a) About her nature
(b) About her house
(c) About her dress
(d) About her Father

Answer:   C

Question- Which classroom did they all sit in?
(a) Room fifteen
(b) Room thirteen
(c) Room twelve
(d) Room eleven

Answer :  B

Question. Where in the classroom does Wanda sit?
(a) end corner
(b) middle
(c) front
(d) rotational

Answer :  A

Question. Where did they used to wait for Wanda?
(a) Bakers street
(b) Boggins Heights
(c) Boggins street
(d) Oliver street

Answer :  D

Question. What was Wanda’s full name?
(a) Wanda Polenski
(b) Wanda Petronski
(c) Wanda Patrick
(d) Wanda Polish

Answer :  B

Question. What does Miss Mason think of Wanda’s drawing?
(a) Exquisite
(b) Ugly
(c) Average
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  A

Question. What tells you that Peggy wasn’t cruel?
(a) protected small children from bullies
(b) couldn’t stand animals getting mistreated
(c) did not make Wanda cry
(d) all of the above

Answer :  D

Question. Why did Maddie not write to Peggy in the first place?
(a) She was afraid she’d be next to get teased
(b) She thought Peggy was right in teasing Wanda
(c) She did not really care
(d) She realised Wanda deserved it

Answer :  A

Question. Why does Maddie stand by and not do anything?
(a) Because she was herself victim
(b) Because she doesn’t have courage
(c) Because she doesn’t want to
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  B

Question. What did the drawing and colouring contest mean for the girls and boys?
(a) designing dresses and motorboats
(b) designing interiors and bikes
(c) designing dresses and bikes
(d) designing interiors and motorboats

Answer :  A

Question. Regarding Wanda being teased, Miss Mason was
(a) in denial that such behaviour was possible by her students.
(b) aware, but didn’t want to discuss it with the students.
(c) unaware that the students were frequently teasing Wanda.
(d) of the belief that such behaviour was a normal part of growing up.

Answer:   C

Question. Why was Maddie glad even when she was late for school?
(a) she didn’t want to attend the class
(b) they could not make fun of Wanda
(c) she liked going late
(d) both 1 and 3

Answer :  B

Question. Maddiel though Peggy was sure to win it because:
(a) she had setting with teacher
(b) she was teacher’s relative
(c) she drew worse than others
(d) she drew better than others

Answer :  D

Question. Who did Maddie think would win the contest?
(a) Wanda
(a) Maddie
(a) Peggy
(a) None of the above

Answer :  C

Question. Where in the classroom does Wanda sit?
(a) end corner
(b) middle
(c) front
(d) rotational

Answer :  A

Question.What was Wanda’s full name?
(a) Wanda Polenski
(b) Wanda Petronski
(c) Wanda Patrick
(d) Wanda Polish

Answer :  B

Question. What did the drawing and colouring contest mean for the girls and boys?
(a) designing dresses and motorboats
(b) designing interiors and bikes
(c) designing dresses and bikes
(d) designing interiors and motorboats

Answer :  A

Question. Why did “they” wait for Wanda?
(a) they were friends
(b) to make fun of her
(c) they cared about her
(d) they missed her

Answer :  B

INTRODUCTION—

The Hundred Dresses-I, II is a story based on the true experiences of the author about a girl who is teased by her classmates because she is different. Wanda Petronski, a girl who comes from the poor part of the town, is the only student in her class with a ‘funny’ Polish name. The story is told from the perspective of one of Wanda’s classmates, Maddie, who is the best friend of the main player in the daily taunting and teasing.

SUMMARY—
The Hundred Dresses—I

Wanda Petronski was a poor Polish girl. She lived on Boggins Heights. She joined an American school.
She was different from other girls in many ways—her name was uncommon, she was a quiet girl and
had no friends. She wore the same pale blue dress every day.
Wanda used to sit in the corner on the last but one seat of the classroom where noisy and rough boys,
who got low marks, sat. There was a lot of dirt, mud and scuffing of feet in that area.
Peggy and Maddie were close friends. Peggy was pretty, had curly hair and wore beautiful dresses. She
was the most liked girl of Wanda’s class. She often made fun of Wanda by asking her questions about her hundred dresses in a mocking, polite voice. Maddie wanted Peggy to stop teasing Wanda but she could never muster (gather) courage to tell her that. She used to feel uncomfortable of that. Perhaps it reminded her of her own poverty.
Wanda, though a quiet girl, spoke a lot about her hundred dresses. She told the girls that her dresses were made of velvet or silk. All had different colours and designs. She specially mentioned her two dresses—one pale blue with coloured trimmings and the other bright, green with red sash.
Wanda’s absence from school was not noticed for two days but on the third day Peggy and Maddie who missed the fun of laughing at her, waited for her at the corner of Oliver street where they used to meet her on their way to school. But Wanda did not turn up and they got late for school. Next day, it was drizzling. Peggy and Maddie did not wait for Wanda. They never wanted to be late for the school because they were anxious to know the result of the competition. It was to be announced that day.
As they entered their classroom, they stopped and gasped. Hundred drawings of bright and beautiful and differently designed dresses were displayed all over the room. Everyone, who entered the room, murmured with admiration.
Miss Mason announced the result. Among the boys, Jack Boggles had won and among the girls Wanda Petronski. She asked the students to give her a special applause (though she was not present to enjoy it).
She had submitted hundred sketches and every sketch was worth winning the best price.

Extract Based Questions

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :

At last Maddie sat up in bed and pressed her forehead tight in her hands and really thought. This was the hardest thinking she had ever done. After a long, long time, she reached an important conclusion. She was never going to stand by and say nothing again. If she ever heard anybody picking on someone because they were funny looking or because they had strange names, she’d speak up. Even if it meant losing Peggy’s friendship. She had no way of making things right with Wanda, but from now on she would never make anybody else that unhappy again.

(a) Maddie was hurt at whose moving away?
(i) Peggy’s
(ii) Anne’s
(iii) Wanda’s
(iv) Suzy’s

Answer : C

(b) After a long time she reached on an important ____________.
(i) conclusion
(ii) result
(iii) decision
(iv) arrangement

Answer : A

(c) Give a synonym of ‘decision’ from the passage :
(i) thought
(ii) thinking
(iii) unhappy
(iv) conclusion

Answer : D

(d) From now on Maddie will not make anybody else what?
(i) feel good
(ii) happy
(iii) unhappy
(iv) embarrassing

Answer : C

Wanda Petronski, most of the children in Room thirteen did not have names like that. They had names easy to say, like Thomas, Smith or Allen. There was one boy named Bounce, Wille Bounce, and people thought that was funny in the same way that Petronski was. Wanda did not have any friends. She came to school alone and went home alone. She always wore a faded blue dress that didn’t hang right. It was clean, but it looked as though it had never been ironed properly.

(a) Which name in the passage did not match with other names ?
(i) Wanda Petronski
(ii) Allen
(iii) Thomas
(iv) Smith

Answer : A

(b) There was one boy named ___________.
(i) Ricky Stone
(ii) Roger Heart
(iii) Alex Spring
(iv) Wille Bounce

Answer : D

(c) Which dress Wanda always wore?
(i) bright red dress
(ii) faded green dress
(iii) light pink dress
(iv) faded blue dress

Answer : D

(d) Trace a word from the passage that means ‘worn’.
(i) ironed
(ii) faded
(iii) bounce
(iv) hang

Answer : B

The minute they entered the classroom, they stopped short and gasped. There were drawings all over the room, on every ledge and windowsill, dazzling colours and brilliant, lavish designs, all drawn on great sheets of wrapping paper. There must have been a hundred of them, all lined up. These must be the drawings for the contest. They were! Everybody stopped and whistled or murmured admiringly.

(a) On seeing what, Maggie and Peggy gasped?
(i) poems
(ii) drawings
(iii) notices
(iv) essays

Answer : B

(b) The drawings must have been ___________.
(i) fifty
(ii) forty
(iii) hundred
(iv) two-hundred

Answer : C

(c) Everybody stopped and ___________ or murmured admiringly.
(i) whistled
(ii) appreciated
(iii) clapped
(iv) regarded

Answer : A

(d) Which word in the passage means ‘very bright’ ?
(i) wrapping
(ii) dazzling
(iii) windowsill
(iv) admiringly

Answer : B

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 like her, Maddie! It really looked like her own mouth. Why it really looked like her own self ! Wanda had really drawn this for her. Excitedly, she ran over to Peggy’s.

(a) Who is ‘she’ in the paragraph?
(i) Maddie
(ii) Peggy
(iii) Wanda
(iv) their friend

Answer : A

(b) The face and hand of the picture was very much like _____________ .
(i) Peggy
(ii) their teacher
(iii) Wanda
(iv) her own

Answer : D

(c) Find out a word from the passage which means the same as ‘carefully‘.
(i) gazed
(ii) intently
(iii) hastily
(iv) excitedly

Answer : B

(d) The colours in the dress were ____________.
(i) bright
(ii) dull
(iii) colourful
(iv) vivid

Answer : D



She worked her arithmetic problems absent mindedly. “Eight times Eight let’s see...........” she wished she had the nerve to write Peggy a note, because she knew she never would have the courage to speak right out to Peggy to say “Hey, Peg, Let’s stop asking Wanda how many dresses she has”.

(a) Who does she refer to ?
(i) Peggy
(ii) Maddie
(iii) Wanda
(iv) Ruby

Answer : B

(b) In what way was she doing her work ?
(i) attentively
(ii) actively
(iii) happily
(iv) absent-mindedly

Answer : D

(c) Find a word from the passage which means the same as ‘nerve’.
(i) courage
(ii) problems
(iii) arithmetic
(iv) wished

Answer : A

(d) What quality was required by Maddie ?
(i) strength
(ii) determination
(iii) courage
(iv) self-confidence

Answer : C