AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, NOIDA

CLASS X (2020-21)
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
CHAPTER: THE HUNDRED DRESSES-I (FIRST FLIGHT)
ASSIGNMENT

RTC-1
The minute they entered the classroom, they stopped short and gasped. There were
drawings all over the room, on every ledge and windowsill, dazzling colours and brilliant,
lavish designs, all drawn on great sheets of wrapping paper. There must have been a
hundred of them, all lined up. These must be the drawings for the contest. They were!
Everybody stopped and whistled or murmured admiringly

(a) Why did Maddie and Peggy gasp?

(b) How did everybody respond to Wanda’s exquisite drawings?
(c) Which word in the passage means ‘very bright’?
(d) How many drawings were there?

RTC-2
Tears blurred her eyes and she gazed for a long time at the picture. Then hastily she rubbed
her eyes and studied it intently. The colours in the dress were so vivid that she had scarcely
noticed the face and head of the drawing. But it looked like her, Maddie! It really looked like
her own mouth. Why it really looked like her own self ! Wanda had really drawn this for her.
Excitedly, she ran over to Peggy’s.

(a) How did ‘she’ feel after looking at the picture ?

(b) What made ‘her’ sure that the face in the picture was her own face ?
(c) Find out a word from the passage which means the same as ‘carefully’.
(d) What did she do in excitement ?

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (Answer in your register in 30 -40 words using the hints
provided)
Q1. Where in the classroom does Wanda sit and why?
Q2. Why didn’t Maddie ask Peggie to stop teasing Wanda? What was she afraid of?
Q3. What does Miss Mason think of Wanda’s drawings? What do the children think of
them?

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS, HOTs (Answer in100-150 words using the value points
provided)
Q4. ‘Appearances could be misleading’. Support this statement with reference to the story
‘The Hundred Dresses’.