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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 is Kezia's favorite part of the dollhouse?

2. Who is the oldest Burnell sister?

3. 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?

4. What does Mrs. Burnell say the girls' friends are not allowed to stay for?

5. What color is our Else's dress?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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. How are the Kelvey's clothing described?

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the meaning of Kezia and the little lamp. In what way are the two connected? How does she feel about the lamp and why? How does she feel about other aspects of the house in comparison? What other examples of Kezia and the little lamp are in 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 analyzing Katherine Mansfield 's commentary on youth in "The Doll's House." How is the girls’ youth important to the story? How does it affect the narrative? Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.

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