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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) Paint.
(b) Fresh laundry.
(c) Gas.
(d) Flowers.

2. The door of the dollhouse is described as a "little slab of"(571) what?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Toffee.
(d) Truffle.

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

4. How are the Kelvey girl's clothing described?
(a) Ill-fitting and unappealing.
(b) Far too big and shabby.
(c) Little pieces of cloth their mother had acquired.
(d) Fancy and expensive.

5. How many friends will be allowed to come see the dollhouse at a time per Mrs. Burnell's rules?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the picture frames in the dollhouse?

2. What do our Else and Lil do while Isabel tells the other girls about the dollhouse?

3. How many girls are part of the family that does not join the group surrounding Isabel?

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

5. Where do people say Mr. Kelvey is?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How are the Kelvey's clothing described?

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

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

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

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