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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 Lil do with her food when she sees Lena coming toward her during dinner hour at school?
2. What does Lil tell Kezia her mother had told their mother?
3. Who is one of the first girls Isabel chooses to come to see the dollhouse?
4. How does Lil react to Kezia's questions when she and her sister pass the Burnell's house after school?
5. What does our Else tell Lil she saw after they left the Burnell's house the day they saw the dollhouse?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Kezia see when she is in her backyard after school and what does she ask them?
2. What does our Else say to Lil after Aunt Beryl chases them out of the Burnell's courtyard?
3. What does Aunt Beryl say to Kezia when she sees the Kelveys in their yard?
4. What do the schoolgirls do after Lena approaches Lil Kelvey during dinner hour at school?
5. What letter did Aunt Beryl receive earlier in the day on the afternoon the Kelveys came over?
6. What is different between what most of the school girls eat for lunch and what the Kelveys eat?
7. What do Lottie, Isabel, and Kezia each do after school the day they have visitors?
8. What does Emmie Cole say Lil Kelvey will be when she grows up?
9. Who are the first two girls allowed to see the dollhouse?
10. What does Lena Logan say to Lil Kelvey during dinner hour at school?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay examining the ending of “The Doll’s House” How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might Mansfield have done differently?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Research narrative arc and write an essay outlining the narrative arc in Katherine Mansfield's "The Doll's House." Include the following elements of narrative arc: Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
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