Question 1

What did Mr Petronski’s letter say?

Accepted Answer

Mr Petronski’s letter was to inform the principal and Miss Mason that Wanda would not come to school as she was fed up of being bullied in the school. They were going to shift to a bigger place where nobody would make fun of their last name.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Miss Mason seems to be unhappy and upset rather than angry because she had never expected such a behaviour from the students. She wants everyone to think about it and asks them not to do look down anyone in the class.More Resources for CBSE Class 10NCERT SolutionsNCERT Solutions for Class 10 ScienceNCERT Solutions for Class 10 MathsNCERT Solutions for Class 10 SocialNCERT Solutions for Class 10 EnglishNCERT Solutions for Class 10 HindiNCERT Solutions for Class 10 SanskritNCERT Solutions for Class 10 Foundation of ITRD Sharma Class 10 Solutions

Question 3

How does Maddie feel after listening to the note from Wanda’s father?

Accepted Answer

Maddie feels sorry and ashamed for the behaviour although she herself did not make fun of Wanda. She never tried to stop Peggy to do so and remained a silent spectator. She feels as a coward.

Source: This question is from The Hundred Dresses Part 2, English &mdash; Class 10, CBSE Board.
Key Concepts CoveredThis question tests your understanding of the following concepts from the chapter The Hundred Dresses Part 2: Maddie, Feel, Listening, Wanda, Father, The Hundred Dresses Part 2. These are fundamental topics in English that students are expected to master as part of the CBSE Class 10 curriculum.A thorough understanding of these concepts will help you answer similar questions confidently in your CBSE examinations. These topics are frequently tested in both objective and subjective sections of English papers. We recommend revising the relevant section of your textbook alongside practising these solved examples to build a strong foundation.
How to Approach This QuestionRead the question carefully and identify what is being asked. Break down complex questions into smaller parts. Use the terminology and concepts discussed in this chapter. Structure your answer logically — begin with a definition or key statement, then provide supporting details. Review your answer to ensure it addresses all parts of the question completely.
Key Points to RememberUse quotations from the text to support your points.
Analyse literary devices and their effects on the reader.
Structure essays with a clear introduction, body, and conclusion.
Proofread for grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Related Questions from The Hundred Dresses Part 2Q1: What did Mr Petronski’s letter say?
Q10: Did Maddie and Peggy get a reply? Who was more anxious for a reply? How do you know?
Q11: How did the girls know that Wanda liked them even though they had teased her?
Q12: Why do you think Wanda’s family moved to a different city? Do you think life there was going to be...
Q13: Maddie thought her silence was as bad as Peggy’s teasing. Was she right ?
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Question 4

What does Maddie want to do?

Accepted Answer

Maddie wants to amend her behaviour towards Wanda. She wants to meet her to apologise. She decides to find Wanda at her house at Boggins Heights. She also wanted to convey that all was meant in good humour and people really love her.Page 76

Question 5

What excuses does Peggy think of giving in justification of her behaviour? Why?

Accepted Answer

Peggy tries to defend herself by saying that herbehaviour towards Wanda inspired her to explore her drawing skills as she sketches a hundred dresses and that makes her win the drawing contest.

Question 6

What are Maddie’s thoughts as they go to Boggins Heights?

Accepted Answer

Maddie was feeling ashamed and apologetic for being a silent spectator while Peggy humiliated Wanda. She was feeling upset and distraught for Wanda and herself. She was also repenting for not stopping Peggy for behaving badly with Wanda.

Question 7

Why does Wanda’s house remind Maddie of Wanda’s blue dress?

Accepted Answer

Wanda’s house was sparse, old and laded but neat and clean like her blue dress that she wore everyday to school. Thus, Maddie was reminded of the same old blue dress.

Source: This question is from The Hundred Dresses Part 2, English &mdash; Class 10, CBSE Board.
Key Concepts CoveredThis question tests your understanding of the following concepts from the chapter The Hundred Dresses Part 2: Wanda, House, Remind, Maddie, Blue, Dress. These are fundamental topics in English that students are expected to master as part of the CBSE Class 10 curriculum.A thorough understanding of these concepts will help you answer similar questions confidently in your CBSE examinations. These topics are frequently tested in both objective and subjective sections of English papers. We recommend revising the relevant section of your textbook alongside practising these solved examples to build a strong foundation.
How to Approach This QuestionRead the question carefully and identify what is being asked. Break down complex questions into smaller parts. Use the terminology and concepts discussed in this chapter. Structure your answer logically — begin with a definition or key statement, then provide supporting details. Review your answer to ensure it addresses all parts of the question completely.
Key Points to RememberUse quotations from the text to support your points.
Analyse literary devices and their effects on the reader.
Structure essays with a clear introduction, body, and conclusion.
Proofread for grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Related Questions from The Hundred Dresses Part 2Q1: What did Mr Petronski’s letter say?
Q10: Did Maddie and Peggy get a reply? Who was more anxious for a reply? How do you know?
Q11: How did the girls know that Wanda liked them even though they had teased her?
Q12: Why do you think Wanda’s family moved to a different city? Do you think life there was going to be...
Q13: Maddie thought her silence was as bad as Peggy’s teasing. Was she right ?
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Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Maddie thinks about not to be mute spectator anymore that she had been in case of Wanda. She promised herself about not letting any injustice happen to anyone even if she would have to lose a friend in this.Page 79

Question 9

What did the girls write in the letter?

Accepted Answer

Maddie and Peggy wrote a friendly letter to Wanda. They wanted to apologise for their behaviour but they ended up asking her whether she liked her new school and teacher. They informed her about her sketches winning the drawing competition. They praised her drawing skills and also told how much other students liked her art. The letter was just a usual letter one may write to a good friend.

Question 10

Did Maddie and Peggy get a reply? Who was more anxious for a reply? How do you know?

Accepted Answer

No, they didn’t get a reply from Wanda. Maddie was more anxious for a reply than Peggy because she was very upset and feeling sad for Wanda. She had assumed that Wanda was deeply hurt so she was not replying and blamed herself for everything. Maddie used to have sleepless nights and saw frightful dreams about Wanda.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Both Maddie and Peggy realised that Wanda liked them although they had teased her because she had gifted them her two beautiful dresses, a green one with red trimmings to Peggy and the blue one to Maddie. She had even drawn their faces in the painting of the dresses they got.Thinking about the Text(Page 79,80)

Question 12

Why do you think Wanda’s family moved to a different city? Do you think life there was going to be different for their family?

Accepted Answer

Wanda’s family moved to a different city due to the racist and insulting behaviour of students towards Wanda and her brother. They were teased by other students for their funny name and blue dress. Life there in a different city was going to be different because people there did not have such a narrow mind and would not tease them because of their name or status.

Question 13

Maddie thought her silence was as bad as Peggy’s teasing. Was she right ?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Maddie thought that her silence was as bad as Peggy’s teasing because it is often said that turning a blind eye to a crime is worse than committing a crime. So by being silent she indirectly encouraged Peggy to do so.

Question 14

Peggy says, “I never thought she had sense to know we were making fun of her anyway. I thought she was too dumb. And gee, look how she can draw!”What led Peggy to believe that Wanda was dumb ? Did she change her opinion later ?

Accepted Answer

Wanda never replied to Peggy ‘s misbehaviour and pranks that she faced everyday. So, her neutral face and unusual behaviour led Peggy to think that Wanda was dumb. Wanda even described the hundred dresses she said about though she wore the same old faded blue dress everyday. But later Peggy’ changed her opinion after having a look on Wanda’s sketches and her gesture of gifting her a beautiful drawing from her collection.

Question 15

What important decision did Maddie make? Why did she have to think hard to do so ?

Accepted Answer

Maddie decided to go to Wanda’s house with Peggy to apologise and amend for all that had happened but Wanda had left her house with her family. She felt bad because she thought of herself as a coward who did not stop Peggy to insult Wanda. So, she decided to raise voice against injustice and bullying. She was firm of not being a mute spectator anymore.

Question 16

Why do you think Wanda gave Maddie and Peggy the drawings of the dresses ? Why are they surprised ?

Accepted Answer

When Maddie and Peggy wrote a letter to Wanda, she might have understood their feelings behind their letter and during the dresses game, she had observed both of them. So she requested Miss Mason to give two of her drawings to them and had taught them a lesson of life. Maddie and Peggy were surprised as she gifted them the drawings with their faces.

Question 17

Do you think Wanda really thought the girls were teasing her ? Why or why not ?

Accepted Answer

Wanda was aware of the misbehaviour of the girls who teased her everyday “but she remained calm. To keep them mum she fabricated a story of having a hundred dresses and sixty pairs of matching shoes in her closet. She taught them a lesson of life by the drawings of the hundred beautiful dresses she claimed to have.Thinking about Language(Page 80,81)

Question 18

What adjectives can we use to describe Peggy, Wanda and Maddie? You can choose adjectives from the list above. You can also add some of your own.
1. Peggy ____
2. Wanda ____
3. Maddie ____

Accepted Answer

1. Peggy Sarcastic, thoughtless, zealous, unforgiving arrogant, cruel, haughty, proud, vain2. Wanda Kind, courteous, introverted, talented, lonely, determined, complacent, contented, generous, friendly, intrepid, sensitive, compassionate, creative.3. Maddie Insipid, timid, placid, stolid

Question 19

Find the sentences in the story with the following phrasal verbs.
lined up, thought up, took off, stood by

Accepted Answer

1. Lined up She thought of the glowing picture of those hundred dresses all lined up in the classroom.2. Thought up Peggy who had thought up this game and Maddie her inseparable friend, were always ‘the last to leave.3. Took off Miss Mason took off her glasses, blew on them and wiped them on her soft white handkerchief.4. Stood by She had stood by silently and that was just as bad as what Peggy had done.

Question 20

Colours are used to describe feelings, moods and emotions. Match the following ‘colour expressions’ with a suggested paraphrase.
1. The Monday morning blues :
feel embarrassed /angry /ashamed
2. Go red in the face :
feel very sick, as if about to vomit
3. Look green :
sadness or depression after a weekened of fun
4. The red carpet :
the sign or permission to begin an action
5. Blue-blooded :
a sign of surrender or acceptance of defeat; a wish to stop fighting
6. A green belt :
in an unlawful act

Accepted Answer

1. The Monday morning blues :sadness or depression after a weekend of fun2. To go red in the face :feel embarrassed /angry/ashamed3. Look green :feel very sick, as if about to vomit4. The red carpet :a special welcome5. Blue – blooded :of noble birth or from a royal family6. A green belt :land around a town or city where construction is prohibited by law7. Black guard :a dishonest person with no sense of right or wrong8. A grey area :an area of a subject or a situation where matters are not very clear.9. A white flag :a sign of surrender or acceptance of defeat; a wish to stop fighting10. A blue print: a photographic print of building plans; a detailed clan or scheme11. Red-handed :in an unlawful act; while doing something wrong12. The green light :the sign of permission to begin an action