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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. What does Kezia tell Isabel to remember to tell all of their friends about?

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

3. What tool is used to open the dollhouse?

4. What do Isabel's friends compete for during playtime?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the setting and time period of “The Doll's House” In what ways does the time period and setting impact your understanding of the story as well as the themes?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the imagery used in "The Doll's House." Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Katherine Mansfield 's decision to tell the story using a third person omniscient narrator. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?

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