View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 570 - 574 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare the way the dollhouse swings open?
(a) The way the wind blows open screen doors during a storm.
(b) The way God opens houses at night.
(c) The way mothers barge in on their daughters.
(d) The way children burst into the house after school.

2. What do our Else and Lil do while Isabel tells the other girls about the dollhouse?
(a) Tell their teacher on Isabel for not including them.
(b) Eagerly join in the conversation.
(c) Play on the other side of the yard.
(d) Listen quietly.

3. What color is the picture frames in the dollhouse?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Gold.

4. What word is used to describe the green color of the dollhouse?
(a) Broccoli.
(b) Cabbage.
(c) Spinach.
(d) Cucumber.

5. When does the oldest Burnell sister tell her friends she will share her news with them?
(a) Playtime.
(b) After school.
(c) When they go to the bathroom.
(d) Dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the oldest Burnell sister?

2. Why are the Burnell sisters unable to tell their friends about the dollhouse when they first arrive to school?

3. Who believes the smell of the dollhouse is "enough to make anyone one seriously ill" (570)?

4. What does the new dollhouse smell like when it is first received?

5. Which character whispers to her friends that she has sometime to tell them when she arrives to school?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 268 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample