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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the oldest Burnell sister tell the younger ones decided along with her that she gets to choose who comes see the dollhouse first?

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

4. What colors make up the outside of the dollhouse?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why are the Burnell children eager to get to school after the gift they received from Mrs. Hays?

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a brief essay analyzing the title of "The Doll's House" Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.

Essay Topic 2

Write a brief essay analyzing Katherine Mansfield 's choice to write "The Doll's House" in past tense. Do you agree with this choice? How would the story be different if written in a different tense?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the significance of the Burnell girl's school in "The Doll's House." Who is at the school? What events or behaviors occur there? How do scenes at the school develop the themes of classism and gender in "The Doll's House"?

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