L-6 The Hundred Dresses 2

Dear Teacher

My Wanda will not come to your school anymore. Jake also. Now we

move away to big city. No more holler ‘Pollack’. No more ask why funny

name. Plenty of funny names in the city.

Yours truly,

Jan Petronski

Jan’s tone in the writing of the letter IS NOT

• distressing.

• spiteful.

• hurt.

• painful.

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Dear Teacher

My Wanda will not come to your school anymore. Jake also. Now we

move away to big city. No more holler ‘Pollack’. No more ask why funny

name. Plenty of funny names in the city.

Yours truly,

Jan Petronski

What, according to the letter, was the primary reason that prompted Mr

Petronski to take the decision to move to a big city?

• His wish to achieve success in the big city.

• His urge to join his relatives who mostly lived in the big city.

• His anxiety over their poverty in the small city.

• His agony about his children being viewed as ‘outsiders’ by their schoolmates.

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Dear Teacher

My Wanda will not come to your school anymore. Jake also. Now we

move away to big city. No more holler ‘Pollack’. No more ask why funny

name. Plenty of funny names in the city.

Yours truly,

Jan Petronski

The dictionary says the following about migration.

Migration involves the movement of people (birds, fish etc.) from one place to

another with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new

location (geographic region).

Which of the following options INCORRECTLY uses ‘migration’?

• After gold was found in the uninhabited region, there was a migration to

  that area.

• Bears sleep through winters. This migration helps bears to use their

  stored energy much more slowly.

• There was a mass migration of youngsters to the tagged locale, to

  assist the cause for charity.

• Scientists have studied the migration of fish over long distances in the

  river

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The phrase ‘Pollack’ reveals a discrimination on the basis of

• race.

• gender.

• religion.

• wealth.

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Dear Teacher

My Wanda will not come to your school anymore. Jake also. Now we

move away to big city. No more holler ‘Pollack’. No more ask why funny

name. Plenty of funny names in the city.

Yours truly,

Jan Petronski

The line-- Plenty of funny names in the city—suggests that the city

• is a melting pot of people from different parts of the world.

• has foreign people willing to give opportunities to the poor.

• is a safe haven for immigrants if they have funny names.

• has a special status for all who are willing to be funny.

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Weeks went by and still Wanda did not answer.

Peggy had begun to forget the whole business, and Maddie put herself

to sleep at night making speeches about Wanda, defending her from

great crowds of girls who were trying to tease her with, “How many

dresses have you got?” And before Wanda could press her lips

together in a tight line, the way she did before answering, Maddie

would cry out, “Stop!”

Which primary feelings of Maddie does the extract reveal?

• guilt, regret and righteousness

• guilt and shame

• shame, regret and courage

• ourage and righteousness

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Weeks went by and still Wanda did not answer.

Peggy had begun to forget the whole business, and Maddie put herself

to sleep at night making speeches about Wanda, defending her from

great crowds of girls who were trying to tease her with, “How many

dresses have you got?” And before Wanda could press her lips

together in a tight line, the way she did before answering, Maddie

would cry out, “Stop!”

Which of the following is most likely to be a part of Maddie’s speech?

• Stop! I think it’s about time we asked her a new question. This is not

  fun anymore. How about her faded dress?

• Stop! Don’t you know that I’m the one who had to lead in Peggy’s

  absence? This is unacceptable.

• Stop! How dare you all join in without Peggy’s permission? Don’t you

  know she’d be angry?

• Stop! Aren’t you all ashamed of yourself? Why do you trouble her? She

  means no harm to anyone.

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Choose the declaration which is likely to be received with the pressing of lips

together in a tight line.

• Option 1

• Option 2

• Option 3

• Option 4

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Weeks went by and still Wanda did not answer.

Peggy had begun to forget the whole business, and Maddie put herself

to sleep at night making speeches about Wanda, defending her from

great crowds of girls who were trying to tease her with, “How many

dresses have you got?” And before Wanda could press her lips

together in a tight line, the way she did before answering, Maddie

would cry out, “Stop!”

Pick the option with a cause-effect relation, with reference to the given

extract.

• Wanda’s absence— Peggy missing Wanda

• Maddie’s need to make amends – Confessing publicly

• Wanda’s absence – Maddie’s need to make amends

• Peggy teasing Wanda— Maddie’s stand against it

Wanda didn’t reply to the letter for weeks.

Pick the option that DOES NOT supply a possible reason for this, from those

given below.

• The letter took more than a couple of weeks reaching her as it didn’t

  have an address and needed to be forwarded.

• She needed time to forgive Maddie and Peggy and think her reply

  through.

• Peggy had second thoughts after mailing the letter and reclaimed it from

  the post office, to mail weeks later.

• She was occupied with settling in at the new school in the city.

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