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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. By which room do they keep the new dollhouse when it is first received?

2. What color is our Else's dress?

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. Which are the only girls who do not surround Isabel during playtime?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay examining the white horse as a symbol in "The Doll's House" In what scenes does the horse appear? What is the context? How does the white horse develop the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Write a detailed analysis of tone in Katherine Mansfield’s "The Doll's House." Include whether the tone changes or remains the same. If it changes, include details on when, why and whether this change is effective.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the Burnell sisters and the Kelvey girls in "The Doll's House” What details help develop their characters and what do these details tell you about them? What is their background? How do they know each other? How do they interact? In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.

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