The doll's house: checking comprehension

The author of the story, Katherine Mansfield, was born in...

• England

• Scotland

• New Zealand

The story is written from...

• The second-person point of view

• The third-person point of view

• The first-person point of view

An omniscient narrator...

• allows the reader to have a wider, and more reliable perspective.

• offers vivid insights into one character's thoughts and feelings.

• reveals the thoughts and feelings of more than one character.

Who sends the children a doll's house?

• Mrs. Hay

• Pat

• Aunt Beryl

The only of the Burnell sisters who finds value and beauty in the small lamp is...

• Lottie

• Kezia

• Isabel

At playtime Isabel is surrounded by...

• All the school girls.

• All the school girls except the little Kelveys.

Everyone at school wants to be Isabel's friend because...

• She is popular.

• She is kind.

• She has sense of humour.

• She is rich and has a doll's house.

The Burnell's parents had choosen that school for their daughters because...

• They liked the level of education it imparted.

• It was the only school for miles.

• They liked that their daughters mixed with children from different social classes.

Many of the children, including the Burnells didn't speak to the Kelveys because...

• They were not allowed by their parents.

• They considered them weird and poor.

• They envy them.

A strong and special relationship is observed between...

• Isabel and Kezia.

• Lil and Else.