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The Trout and The Doll's House

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(a)   received his master's degree from the National University of Ireland and Harvard University.

2.

Sean O'Faolain was educated at the presentation _______________ Secondary School in _____________.

a)

Sisters, Ireland

b)

Brothers, Ireland

c)

Brothers, Cork

d)

Sisters, Cork

3.

What was Sean O'Faolain first book?

a)

Midsummer Night Madness

b)

Come Back to Erin

c)

A Nest of Simple Folk

d)

The Trout

4.

Who is the Protagonist of the story "The Trout"?

a)

Stephen

b)

Martin

c)

Trout

d)

Julia

5.

What is the central conflict of the story "The Trout"?

a)

Man vs Social

b)

Man vs Self

c)

Man vs Man

d)

Man vs Nature

6.

What did Julia and her brother discover that made them happy?

(a)  

7.

Why did the trout so fascinate Julia?

a)

because it looks like a rainbow

b)

because it is motionless

c)

because it eats a lot

d)

because it swims around the well

8.

Why did Julia go to the dark walk to liberate the trout even if it was night?

a)

She was curious

b)

She believes that she found it so she it's hers now

c)

She wants to see the trout

d)

She was worried about it

9.

(a)   (1888-1923) she writes many fine short stories.

10.

She went back to town and sent the Burnells a doll's house. Who was she?

a)

Mrs. Hay

b)

Mrs. Pat

c)

Aunt Beryl

d)

Aunt Carter

11.

What particular feature in the house seemed most real to Kezia?

(a)  

12.

Who were the Kelveys? What made them different?

a)

The judge's little girls

b)

The doctor's daughters

c)

The washerwoman's girls

d)

The storekeeper's children

13.

Who asked/talked to the Kelveys at once?

a)

Emmie

b)

Kezia

c)

Aunt Beryl

d)

Isabel

14.

Who is the eldest of the Burnell sisters?

a)

Lotti

b)

Kezia

c)

Isabel

15.

What does Kezia do that makes Aunt Beryl angry?

a)

She comes home late from school

b)

She gives the Kelveys some food from the house

c)

She shows the doll house to the Kelveys

d)

She talks back to her

16.

What is the MAJOR difference between Isabel and Kezia?

a)

Isabel is older than Kezia.

b)

Isabel never demonstrates kindness in the story, while Kezia does.

c)

Isabel loves the lamp; Kezia does not.

d)

Kezia is a Burnell, and Isabel is a Kelvey.

17.

What in the story symbolizes kindness and genuineness?

a)

The smell of paint

b)

the lamp

c)

the Kelvey children's clothes

d)

the doll's hosue

18.

What in the story might symbolize wealth?

(a)  

19.

Who mostly influences the children to treat the Kelveys hatefully?

a)

Their parents and families

b)

Their friends

c)

Their own mean spirits

d)

Their Classmates

e)

The Burnells

20.

In "The Doll's House" which of the following most likely drives Kezia's attempt to let the Kelvey girls see the doll's house?

a)

Her rebellious nature

b)

Her need to show off

c)

Her desire to be kind

d)

Her wish to act superior