Based on the prov chapter “The Hundred Dresses – II” and the poem “Animals,” here are 50+ Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) designed for the SEBA Board examination preparation.
Part A: The Hundred Dresses – II
1. Who brought the note from the principal’s office to Miss Mason?
A) A peon
B) The class monitor
C) Peggy
D) Maddie
2. How did Miss Mason react before reading the letter to the class?
A) She laughed loudly
B) She shouted at the class
C) She took off her glasses, blew on them, and wiped them
D) She tore the letter up
3. Who wrote the letter to Miss Mason?
A) Wanda Petronski
B) Wanda’s mother
C) Jan Petronski (Wanda’s father)
D) The principal
4. Why did Mr. Petronski say they were moving to a big city?
A) To find better jobs
B) Because of the pollution
C) No one would make fun of their funny names there
D) To buy a bigger house
5. What phrase did the father mention people would no longer ‘holler’ at them?
A) Immigrant
B) Pollack
C) Foreigner
D) Stranger
6. How did the class react after hearing the letter?
A) They laughed
B) They started shouting
C) A deep silence fell over the room
D) They ignored it
7. How did Miss Mason feel about the boys and girls hurting Wanda’s feelings?
A) She was angry
B) She believed it was done in thoughtlessness
C) She suspended the students
D) She didn’t care
8. How did Maddie feel during the first period after hearing the letter?
A) She was happy Wanda was gone
B) She had a sick feeling in the bottom of her stomach
C) She was excited about the holidays
D) She was angry at the teacher
9. What did Maddie call herself for standing by silently while Peggy teased Wanda?
A) A hero
B) A bully
C) A coward
D) A bystander
10. What did Peggy suggest doing after school was dismissed?
A) Going to the movies
B) Going to Boggins Heights to see if Wanda had left
C) Playing hopscotch
D) Going to the library
11. What kind of day was it when the girls walked to Boggins Heights?
A) Sunny and warm
B) Snowy and bright
C) Drizzly, damp, and dismal
D) Windy and cold
12. What excuse did Peggy give for her behavior towards Wanda?
A) She hated Wanda
B) She thought Wanda was dumb and didn’t know she was being made fun of
C) She wanted to win the contest
D) She was forced by others
13. What did Wanda’s house at Boggins Heights remind Maddie of?
A) Her own house
B) Peggy’s house
C) Wanda’s faded blue cotton dress
D) The school classroom
14. How was the yard of the Petronskis’ house described?
A) Full of flowers
B) Shabby but clean with wisps of old grass
C) Dirty and full of garbage
D) Covered in snow
15. Was the Petronski family at home when the girls arrived?
A) Yes, they were packing
B) Only Wanda was there
C) No, there was no sign of life
D) Only the father was there
16. What did Maddie decide she would do in the future?
A) She would never speak to Peggy again
B) She would move to the big city
C) She would speak up if she heard anyone picking on someone
D) She would become an artist
17. What did Maddie and Peggy do on the following Saturday?
A) They went to the movies
B) They wrote a letter to Wanda
C) They visited Miss Mason
D) They drew pictures
18. What was the tone of the letter they wrote to Wanda?
A) Apologetic and sad
B) Angry and rude
C) Friendly, like to a good friend
D) Formal and strict
19. How did they sign the letter?
A) With their full names
B) “From your classmates”
C) With lots of X’s for love
D) They didn’t sign it
20. Where did they mail the letter?
A) To the big city
B) To Boggins Heights, with “Please Forward”
C) To the principal’s office
D) To Poland
21. What did Maddie imagine doing in her sleep?
A) Winning the contest
B) Defending Wanda from crowds of girls
C) Traveling to the big city
D) Drawing dresses
22. When did the class receive a reply from Wanda?
A) On Thanksgiving
B) The next day
C) On the last day of school before Christmas holidays
D) After the winter break
23. Where did Wanda say the girls could keep the hundred dresses?
A) In her old house
B) In the closet
C) In the school room
D) In the trash
24. Which drawing did Wanda give to Peggy?
A) The blue dress
B) The green dress with red trimming
C) The pink dress
D) The white dress
25. Which drawing did Wanda give to Maddie?
A) The green dress
B) The red dress
C) The blue dress
D) The yellow dress
26. What did Wanda say about her new teacher?
A) She was mean
B) She was better than Miss Mason
C) She did not “equalise” with Miss Mason
D) She was very strict
27. What did Maddie discover when she looked closely at the drawing in her bedroom?
A) It was torn
B) The head and face looked like her (Maddie)
C) It was not a drawing of a dress
D) It was signed by Mr. Petronski
28. Why did Maddie run over to Peggy’s house after looking at her picture?
A) To fight with Peggy
B) To see if Peggy’s drawing also had a face
C) To tell her Wanda returned
D) To show her a new dress
29. What did the girls realize about Wanda’s feelings towards them?
A) She hated them
B) She was jealous of them
C) She actually liked them
D) She didn’t remember them
30. What was Peggy’s reaction to seeing her face in the drawing?
A) She cried
B) She said, “What did I say! She must have really liked us.”
C) She tore it up
D) She denied it looked like her
31. What is the meaning of the phrase “make amends”?
A) To make a painting
B) To show one is sorry by doing something good
C) To make friends
D) To tease someone
32. “Cornucopias” refers to:
A) Decorative containers usually full of flowers and fruits
B) A musical instrument
C) A type of polish dress
D) A Christmas carol
33. How did the air smell during Christmas time in the story?
A) Like rain
B) Like pollution
C) Like Christmas
D) Like old clothes
34. How did Maddie feel at the very end of the story?
A) Relieved and happy
B) Sad, blinking away tears
C) Indifferent
D) Angry at Peggy
35. Why did Maddie pin the drawing over a torn place in the wallpaper?
A) To hide the drawing
B) To hide the tear in the wallpaper
C) Because her mother told her to
D) Because she had no other place
Part B: Poem – “Animals” by Walt Whitman
36. Who is the poet of the poem ‘Animals’?
A) Robert Frost
B) Walt Whitman
C) Carl Sandburg
D) W.B. Yeats
37. What does the poet wish to turn and live with?
A) Angels
B) Humans
C) Animals
D) Nature
38. Which qualities of animals does the poet admire?
A) They are wild and dangerous
B) They are placid and self-contained
C) They are loud and active
D) They are loyal and obedient
39. According to the poet, animals do not:
A) Eat and sleep
B) Sweat and whine about their condition
C) Run and play
D) Live in forests
40. What ‘mania’ do humans suffer from that animals do not?
A) The mania of traveling
B) The mania of owning things
C) The mania of working
D) The mania of fighting
41. What do animals NOT do in the dark?
A) Sleep
B) Lie awake and weep for their sins
C) Hunt
D) See dreams
42. The poet says no animal is ______ over the whole earth.
A) Respectable or unhappy
B) Hungry or thirsty
C) Wild or tame
D) Large or small
43. Who do animals not kneel to?
A) Their masters
B) God
C) Another of their kind that lived thousands of years ago
D) The poet
44. What does the word ‘evince’ mean in the poem?
A) To hide
B) To show or reveal
C) To eat
D) To destroy
45. What are the “tokens” the poet wonders about?
A) Coins
B) Gifts from animals
C) Virtues/qualities like innocence and simplicity
D) Stones
46. Where does the poet think he dropped these tokens?
A) In the forest
B) Huge times ago, negligently
C) In his house
D) In the city
47. Why do humans make the poet “sick”?
A) By being dirty
B) By discussing their duty to God
C) By fighting wars
D) By destroying nature
48. The poem is written in:
A) Rhymed verse
B) Sonnet form
C) Free verse
D) Haiku
49. The poet implies that humans are:
A) Simple and true
B) Complicated and false
C) Superior to animals
D) Happier than animals
50. The phrase “placid and self-contained” implies that animals are:
A) Aggressive and dependent
B) Calm and independent
C) Lazy and slow
D) Fast and furious
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