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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. Why are the Burnell sisters unable to tell their friends about the dollhouse when they first arrive to school?
3. What part of the Burnell's old cloth is used for Lil's dress?
4. Which are the only girls who do not surround Isabel during playtime?
5. What color is the picture frames in the dollhouse?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Isabel tell her sisters about who will tell their friends about the dollhouse?
2. What does Isabel tell her friends when she gets to school the day after she receives the dollhouse?
3. 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?
4. What does Kezia feel about the way Isabel describes the dollhouse to their friends, and what does she say?
5. What does the Kelvey's mother do for work and where is there father?
6. Why are the Burnell children eager to get to school after the gift they received from Mrs. Hays?
7. What are Mrs. Burnell's rules for when their friends come to see the dollhouse?
8. What colors make up the exterior of the dollhouse and how are they described?
9. What does Aunt Beryl feel in regards to the way the dollhouse smells?
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 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.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring colors as symbol in Katherine Mansfield's "The Doll's House." What colors appear in the story? Which colors are repeated? What might this represent? Use direct examples from the story to support your exploration.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Katherine Mansfield’s “The Doll's House.” Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
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