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The Hundred Dresses - I
Why is Maddie embarrassed by the questions Peggy asks Wanda? Is she also like Wanda, or is she different?
Maddie feels embarrassed by the questions Peggy asks Wanda because she is poor herself. But, she is not as poor as Wanda. Moreover, she doesn't belong to an immigrant community. Maddie also wears somebody’s hand-me-down clothes.
She has no sympathy for Wanda. She apprehends that the others might mock her too. She thinks that she is different from Wanda because she would never claim that she had a hundred dresses as Wanda did.
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When would Peggy and Maddie think about Wanda?
Why did they wait for Wanda outside school?
Who had started all the fun? Why?
Who were Peggy and Maddie?
Why did Peggy and Maddie notice Wanda's absence?
What was unusual about Wanda?
Wanda didn’t have any friends, but a lot of girls talked to her. Why?
How would Wanda react on being asked about the number of dresses and shoes that she had?
What does the author tell us about Peggy? Why did she make make fun of Wanda?
Why was Maddie bothered about Peggy's making fun of Wanda?
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