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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. How does Kezia describe the lamp to their friends?
(a) It glows in the dark.
(b) It is the worst part of the dollhouse.
(c) It is the best of all.
(d) It is too small for the house.

2. What color is the carpet in the dollhouse?
(a) Red.
(b) Gold.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

3. Who is the oldest Burnell sister?
(a) Lottie.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Lil.
(d) Kezia.

4. What part of Lil does our Else always hold onto?
(a) Her arm.
(b) Her shawl.
(c) Her dress.
(d) Her shoulder.

5. Who is the character who stayed with the family before the start of the story?
(a) Mrs. Helen.
(b) Mrs. Hay.
(c) Mr. Hay.
(d) Miss Holly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kezia's favorite part of the dollhouse?

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

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

4. The door of the dollhouse is described as a "little slab of"(571) what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Isabel tell her sisters about who will tell their friends about the dollhouse?

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

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. Why are the girls unable to tell their friends about the dollhouse when they get to school the day after they received it?

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

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

10. What colors make up the exterior of the dollhouse and how are they described?

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