The Hundred Dresses II Class 10 English Exam Questions

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Class 10 English Exam Questions The Hundred Dresses II

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Short Answer Type Questions

Question. How did the memories of Wanda haunt Maddie?
Ans. The memories about Wanda haunted Maddie because she realised her mistake that she should not have kept quiet when Peggy was making fun of Wanda. She felt that it was very cruel of her to be a witness to an innocent girl being insulted.

Question. Where in the classroom does Wanda sit and why?
Ans. Wanda sits in the seat next to the last seat in the last row in Room 13. She belongs to a poor family. Her feet are usually caked with dry mud and the corner of the classroom in which she sits is also very dirty. In order to avoid the embarrassment and being laughed at by her classmates, Wanda sits there to hide herself.

Question. Why did Maddie write a note to Peggi and then tore it?
Ans. Maddie wrote a note to Peggy to make her stop making fun of Wanda. But she tore it because she thought that it could annoy Peggy and she could make fun of Maddie instead.

Question. Where in the classroom does Wanda sit and why?
Ans. Wanda sits in the seat next to the last seat in the last row in Room 13. She belongs to a poor family. Her feet are usually caked with dry mud and the corner of the classroom in which she sits is also very dirty. In order to avoid the embarrassment and being laughed at by her classmates, Wanda sits there to hide herself.

Question. Why did Maddie feel sick when the teacher read out Mr. Petronski’s letter?
Ans. When Maddie learnt that Wanda would not be coming back to the school because of the teasing, she felt sick because even though she had not directly teased her ever, she had just stood by Peggy and not done anything to stop the teasing.

Question. How was the town decorated on the Christmas eve?
Ans. On Christmas eve, there was a celebration all round. All the houses had wreaths in the windows and on the doors. Hundreds of Christmas trees were stacked outside the grocery stonier. Candy peppermint sticks and gifting things hung everywhere. The air smelled like Christmas. There was joy in the form of these decorations. Light reflected different colours on the snow making it even more beautiful.

Question. What was special about the drawings Wanda had gifted the girls?
Ans. The drawings Wanda had gifted the girls not only were of the dresses she had described to them but she had also given the figures their faces.

Question. What did Maddie tell Peggy about her drawing?
Ans. Maddie went to Peggy’s house. Then she asked Peggy to show her drawing. Maddie carefully held it and when they looked at it closely, they saw some figure. The head and face of that picture looked like Peggy’s. Peggy got an idea from it. She said that these drawings showed that Wanda must have really liked them both.

Question. What did Miss Mason say to the class after she read the letter of Wanda’s father?
Ans. Miss Mason read the letter of Wanda’s father and told the class that none of the boys and girls should hurt anyone’s feelings due to a funny name or their poor status. She said that even in thoughtlessness, or negligence, such things should never happen. What had happened with Wanda was unfortunate andsad. She asked all the students to think about this kind of bad behaviour. She instructed that it shouldn’t be repeated.

Question. What was the difference between Maddie’s and Peggy’s attitude when they did not receive a reply for weeks?
Ans. When they did not receive a reply for weeks, Peggy decided to forget the whole incident whereas Maddie would go to sleep making up speeches in Wanda’s defense.

Question. What did Maddie decide to do to repair the damage done to Wanda?
Ans. Maddie felt that she should do something to repair the damage. They had damaged Wanda mentally.
She thought perhaps Wanda had not moved away but was hiding to avoid them. She felt she should meet Wanda in person. She felt that Peggy would go to the Boggin Heights with her. They would tell Wanda that she had won the contest and that she was very talented and smart. Her dresses were beautiful.

Question. Why did Maddie write a note to Peggi and then tore it?
Ans. Maddie wrote a note to Peggy to make her stop making fun of Wanda. But she tore it because she thought that it could annoy Peggy and she could make fun of Maddie instead.

Question. What did Peggy say about teasing Wanda when she didn’t find anyone in the house?
Ans. Peggy and Maddie reached Wanda’s house. There was a complete silence all around. They didn’t find anyone in the house. They wanted to make amends with Wanda but suddenly, Peggy boasted in front of Maddie that because she taunted Wanda about these dresses and asked questions about it, Wanda got good ideas for her drawings. Otherwise, she might not have won the contest. She had put those ideas into her dresses to win the contest.

Question. Why was Maddie upset after listening to the teacher’s views on teasing the fellow students?
Ans. Maddie was a conscientious student who did not enjoy hurting others but she had been a mute spectator when Peggy was made fun of Wanda’s hundred dresses. Now she realised that she had been a party to all the insults and humiliations which Wanda suffered quietly. So she was disturbed after listening to the teacher’s views on teasing the fellow student.

Question. What had Wanda’s father written in his letter addressed to the school? Why?
Ans. Wanda’s father was angry because Wanda was insulted by other American girls. He had written that Wanda and Jake won’t come to the school anymore. They were moving away to a big city where the people won’t be making funny of Wanda’s funny name and their poor financial status. Clearly, they weren’t happy with Wanda’s insults by the American boys and girls, so they would to and her city.

Long Answer Type Questions

Question. A person who turns a blind eye to a wrong deed is as bad as the one who does it. Discuss in context of the story ‘The Hundred Dresses.’
Ans. Maddie would be around when Wanda was being teased by Peggy and the other girls but she never stopped them from doing so. She did feel uncomfortable watching Wanda but she just stood by and did not take a stand due to the fear of being the next target. Most often, people who do such things like teasing and insulting others, do it due to the support of the others. These supporting people are equally responsible for bullying. So, although she was not a part of the wrong doing, she was supporting it because she did not stop it. This puts her equally at fault. If someone sees a robbery taking place and does nothing about it, then he or she is as bad as the thief. Hence, a person who turns a blind eye is also to blame.

Question. 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.
(a) Why was Maddie crying?
(b) Whose picture did she have? What was special about the picture?
Ans. (a) Maddie was crying because she felt guilt over making fun of Wanda along with her friend Peggy. She wanted to make things right with Wanda but she had already shifted to another city.
(b) She had the picture of a dress that Wanda had made. The special thing about the picture was that Wanda had drawn Maddie’s face in the picture and dressed her in a beautiful dress.

Question. Read the extracts given below and comment on the difference in thinking of the students with regard to a situation.
(a) Miss Mason stood there for a moment and the silence in the room grew tense and expectant. The teacher adjusted her glasses slowly and deliberately. Her manner indicated that what was coming.
Ans. In the above extract, students are awaiting a letter to be read from Miss Watson, their teacher. The students are in a tense mood as they did not behave well with Wanda and the letter was from Wanda’s father. Wanda’s father had mentioned about unusual things that had happened in the school, such as the students mocking Wanda’s name, which made them go for a change of school. So, all of the students were in a guilty state of mind.

Question. How did Maddie and Peggy find Wanda’s drawings which she had given to them? What were their reactions?
Ans. Both Maddie and Peggy heard the letter read by Miss Mason. Days after, they received the drawings from Wanda. Maddie pinned her drawing in the bedroom. The dirty bedroom came alive due to the colours of the drawing. She looked at the drawing and said nothing but felt that Wanda had been very nice to her. She gazed at the drawing for a long time. The colours were very clear. She hardly saw the face and head of the drawing. The drawing looked like her own face, her own self. She ran to Peggy’s house to tell this to her. Peggy also saw that Wanda had drawn her face in the picture. Peggy said that meant Wanda had forgiven them.

Question. A person who turns a blind eye to a wrong deed is as bad as the one who does it. Discuss in context of the story ‘The Hundred Dresses.’
Ans. Maddie would be around when Wanda was being teased by Peggy and the other girls but she never stopped them from doing so. She did feel uncomfortable watching Wanda but she just stood by and did not take a stand due to the fear of being the next target. Most often, people who do such things like teasing and insulting others, do it due to the support of the others. These supporting people are equally responsible for bullying. So, although she was not a part of the wrong doing, she was supporting it because she did not stop it. This puts her equally at fault. If someone sees a robbery taking place and does nothing about it, then he or she is as bad as the thief. Hence, a person who turns a blind eye is also to blame.

Question. What did Peggy and Maddie speak about when they went to Wanda’s house?
Ans. Peggy and Maddie went to Wanda’s house. They spoke only of Wanda and how they never meant to hurt her feelings. Peggy said that she never meant to call her a foreigner. She never knew that Wanda had the sense to know that she was being mocked at. Maddie said nothing but she hoped to find Wanda. She wanted to tell her that they were sorry. They would plead before Wanda to not to move away from there. They would all be nice to her. She and Peggy would fight anybody who wouldn’t be nice towards her. They reached her house. But no one was there. the Petronskis had already gone.

Question. Around the world, a lot of immigrants move to developed nations. They face ridicule on various counts. Do you think it happens in our country too?
Or do you think Indians too face such issues when they go abroad? Discuss with Wanda’s story as an example.
Ans. Yes, I think such discrimination happens all over the world including our country. We have a lot of Bangladeshi immigrants in our country and they too undergo such injustices. Even Indians who go abroad are sometimes ridiculed for their accents, dresses and even names. Wanda came from Poland and so was made fun of for her long and funny name. However, when people are exposed to different cultures and nationalities they learn to accept others more easily and that is why Wanda’s family moves to a bigger city where more such people lived. In bigger cities, the people are more tolerant and accepting as compared to smaller towns. In smaller town, people are more or less similar to each other. Hence, when anyone with slight difference, comes in their midst, they consider him as strange and weird.

Question. Who is a better human being—Maddie or Peggy?
What attributes in the personality of Maddie make her different from Peggy?
Ans. Peggy and Maddie both were good friends. They studied in the same school and the same class. They were American girls. Peggy was a rich, pretty girl with blonde hair. Maddie was also a pretty girl but she was poor. Both, Maddie and Peggy used to make fun of Wanda. Peggy never missed any opportunity of teasing Wanda. Maddie was always with Peggy but she had sympathy for Wanda too. She did not like Peggy making fun of Wanda. She wanted to stop Peggy but could never muster the courage for the same. Maddie had a different temperament than Peggy. In the end when they came to know that Wanda was leaving the school, Maddie was affected the most. She came out as a better human being by the end of the story.

Question. Read the extracts given below and comment on the difference in thinking of the students with regard to a situation.
(a) Miss Mason stood there for a moment and the silence in the room grew tense and expectant. The teacher adjusted her glasses slowly and deliberately. Her manner indicated that what was coming.
Ans. In the above extract, students are awaiting a letter to be read from Miss Watson, their teacher. The students are in a tense mood as they did not behave well with Wanda and the letter was from Wanda’s father. Wanda’s father had mentioned about unusual things that had happened in the school, such as the students mocking Wanda’s name, which made them go for a change of school. So, all of the students were in a guilty state of mind.