Q. Who is the main character of The Hundred Dresses I?
Ans. Wanda Petronski is the main character of the story.
Q. Where did Wanda Petronski live?
Ans. Wanda lived at Boggins Heights, a poor area away from the town.
Q. What was Wanda's full name?
Ans. Her name was Wanda Petronski.
Q. Why did Wanda sit in the corner of the classroom?
Ans. She sat in the corner because she was quiet and usually stayed apart from the other children.
Q. How many dresses did Wanda claim to have?
Ans. Wanda claimed that she had one hundred dresses.
Q. Where did Wanda say she kept her hundred dresses?
Ans. She said that her hundred dresses were lined up in her closet.
Q. What did Wanda usually wear to school?
Ans. She usually wore a faded blue dress.
Q. Who was Peggy?
Ans. Peggy was a popular girl in Wanda's class who often teased Wanda about her dresses.
Q. Who was Maddie?
Ans. Maddie was Peggy's close friend and a classmate of Wanda.
Q. Why did Peggy and Maddie question Wanda about her dresses?
Ans. They wanted to tease her because she wore the same faded dress every day.
Q. Why was Wanda's name considered unusual by her classmates?
Ans. Her Polish surname, Petronski, sounded unfamiliar to many of her American classmates.
Q. What was the name of Wanda's classroom?
Ans. Wanda studied in Room Thirteen.
Q. What did Wanda claim about her shoes?
Ans. She claimed that she had sixty pairs of shoes to match her hundred dresses.
Q. Why did Maddie feel uncomfortable when Peggy teased Wanda?
Ans. Maddie felt uncomfortable because she knew what it was like to be poor and feared being teased herself.
Q. Why did Maddie not stop Peggy from teasing Wanda?
Ans. Maddie was afraid that Peggy might start teasing her if she objected.
Q. What kind of person was Wanda?
Ans. Wanda was quiet, imaginative and patient, and she did not openly complain about the teasing.
Q. What was the girls' drawing and colouring contest about?
Ans. The contest asked the girls to design dresses.
Q. What did Peggy think about Wanda?
Ans. Peggy did not consider herself cruel and thought that Wanda was not seriously hurt by the teasing.
Q. What did Maddie wish Peggy would do?
Ans. Maddie wished Peggy would stop teasing Wanda and leave her alone.
Q. What is the main theme of The Hundred Dresses I?
Ans. The story highlights bullying, poverty, prejudice, empathy and the importance of treating everyone with respect.