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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the new dollhouse smell like when it is first received?
(a) Fresh laundry.
(b) Paint.
(c) Gas.
(d) Flowers.

2. Where will the friends who come to see the dollhouse be allowed to view it?
(a) The courtyard.
(b) The feed room.
(c) The girl's bedroom.
(d) The drawing room.

3. Who opens the dollhouse for the girls?
(a) Pat.
(b) Pete.
(c) Mat.
(d) Chet.

4. By which room do they keep the new dollhouse when it is first received?
(a) The living room.
(b) The drawing room.
(c) The eldest child's bedroom.
(d) The feed room.

5. What colors make up the outside of the dollhouse?
(a) Violet, Tourquoise, Magenta, Green.
(b) Yellow, Orange, Green, Black.
(c) Pink, purple, blue, and green.
(d) Green, yellow, red, and white.

Short Answer Questions

1. What family are the Kelveys careful not to "come anywhere near" (572)?

2. How are the Kelvey girl's clothing described?

3. How are our Else's shoes described?

4. What color is the carpet in the dollhouse?

5. To what does the narrator compare the way the dollhouse swings open?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who sends a dollhouse to the Burnell family and why?

2. What does Isabel tell her friends when she gets to school the day after she receives the dollhouse?

3. What does the Kelvey's mother do for work and where is there father?

4. What does Aunt Beryl feel in regards to the way the dollhouse smells?

5. What are Mrs. Burnell's rules for when their friends come to see the dollhouse?

6. What does Isabel tell her sisters that she and her mother have already decided when they are heading to school before they tell anyone about the dollhouse?

7. What part of the house does Kezia like best? How does she feel about it in relation to other things in the house?

8. Why do the Kelveys stay away from Isabel when she is telling her friends about the dollhouse?

9. How is the way the dollhouse door discussed and what is it compared to?

10. What does Kezia feel about the way Isabel describes the dollhouse to their friends, and what does she say?

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