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Comprehension – I

 

 Question:

1.    What did Mr. Petronski's letter say?

2.    is Miss Mason angry with the class, or is she unhappy and upset?

3.    How does Maddie feel after listening to the note from Wanda's father?

4.    What does Maddie want to do?

Answer:

1.    While all the students were looking at the drawing made by Wanda, Miss Mason received a letter from Mr. Pertronski's. The letter said that Wanda and Jake would not come to school anymore as they were shifting away to a big city. He showed his anger by saying that, nobody would ask them why they had funny names because there were plenty of funny names in the new city.

2.    After reading the letter from Wanda's father Miss Mason was unhappy and upset. She was disturbed by the behavior of students towards Wanda. She was sure that none of the boys and girls would do such a thing deliberately. Though she didn't back the students for the ill-treatment of child just because of her name, dresses and house.

3.    After listening to the note from Wanda's father, Maddie felt very sick and guilty in the bottom of her stomach. She wasn't able concentrate as she tried to prepare for her lessons. She had not enjoyed listening to Peggy ask Wanda how many dresses she had in her closet.

4.    Maddie wanted to find Wanda. She wanted to tell Wanda that she had won the contest and them though t that she was smart and her dresses were beautiful. Also she wanted to tell her that she didn't want to hurt her feelings.

Comprehension -   II

 

Question:

1.    What excuses does Peggy think up for her behavior? Why?

2.    What are Maddie's thoughts as they go to Boggins Heights?

3.    Why does Wanda's house remind Maddie of Wanda's blue dress?

4.    What does Maddie think hard about? What important decision does she come to?

Answer:

1.    Peggy said that she never called Wanda a foreigner or made fun of her name, which made her pretty satisfied. She also said that she never though t Wanda had even the sense to know that they were making fun of her. She thought of Wanda as a dumb girl. Peggie made such excuses because she realized her mistake of thinking that Wanda was not smart enough to understand her insult.

2.    Maddie was relieved that peggie had the same though t of going to find Wanda. All the way down to Boggin Heights she was feeling bad about Wanda. She wanted to tell her sorry for making fun of her but did not get a chance to say sorry to Wanda.

3.    When Maddie and Peggie reached Wanda's house, they saw a little yard it was shabby but clean. It reminded them of Wanda's blue dress she wore to school. It was old, faded but used to be neat and clean. Similarly her house was small and makeshift but clean. Therefore, it reminded Maddie of Wanda's blue dress.

4.    Maddie was deeply hurt about what they did to Wanda. She thinks about not letting injustice happen to anyone. She makes vow that she would protest if anybody misbehaves with anybody. She won't be a mute spectator the way she did earlier even if it would cost it her friendship with Peggie.

Comprehension -   III

 

 Question:

1.    What did the girls write to Wanda?

2.    Did they get a reply? Who was more anxious for a reply, Peggy or Maddie? How do you know?

3.    How did the girls know that Wanda liked them even though they had teased her?

Answer:

1.    Maddie and Peggie wanted to tell Wanda that they were sorry. But instead girls wrote a friendly letter to Wanda telling her that she had won the contest. They also wrote how pretty her drawings were. They asked her if she liked the place where she was living and if she liked her new teacher. They ended up with just writing a friendly Jitter. They signed it with lots of X's for love.

2.    No, they did not get a reply. Maddie was more anxious for a reply as she thought a lot about it. She would put herself to sleep making speeches about Wanda and defending her from great crowds of girls who were trying to tease her. Before Wanda could press her lips together r in a tight line, which she did before Answering, Maddie would cry out and ask everybody to stop and then, everybody would feel ashamed the way she felt. On the other hand, Peggy had begun to forget about the whole affair. This shows that Maddie was more anxious for a reply than Peggy.

3.    One day Miss Mason received a letter from Wanda. She had asked how everyone and room thirteen was. In her letter she had asked Miss Mason to Miss Mason to give the green dress with red trimming to Peggy and the blue one to Maddie. Maddie placed that dress in her room and looked at the drawing very carefully. She realized that the dress had a face and a head, which looked like her own self. She rushed to Peggy to see her drawing it also had head and face that looked just like Peggy. That is why the girls knew that Wanda liked them even though they had teased her.