Vocabulary
child's small-scale toy house
Doll's house or dollhouse
How many children Isabel was allowed to bring to show them dollhouse
two
The story's point of view
3rd person omniscient point of view
Why the Burnells weren't allowed to talk to the Kelveys
(class, social hierarchy, prejudice)
The occupations of the adults
What is doctor, milkman, postman and store owner
non expensive
cheap
What job the Kelvey's mom has that the other kids tease about?
Servant
The setting of the story
where: The Burnells house. The kindergarten Both in New Zealand When:1800s
How the girls at the school describe the Kelveys
(dirty, poor, daughters of a prisoner and a servant, going to be a servant)
The adults think this of the Kelveys
What is hatred and disregard
a court beside a building
courtyard
The person sent the Burnells the dollhouse?
Mrs. Hay
What is the conflict of the story?
when the girls in the school start making fun of Lil and Else
How the Kelveys react to the way everyone was treating them?
(Lil just gave her silly smile, and Else just stared)
Why the adults don't like the Kelveys
What is being proud and snobish
to talk softly
whisper
An object in the story that symbolizes "the rich and upper class"
the dollhouse
What is the climax of the story?
when the Kelveys get to visit the doll’s house
The theme of the story?
Social class, social hierarchy, prejudice, discrimination
What the adults tell their children not to do
What is not being aloud to talk to people that are below them
to ask for charity
beg
An object in the story that symbolizes "Kezia's kindness and human warmth"
the little lamp
The resolution of the story
when the Kelveys smile at each other.
The victim in thestory
Who are the Kelvey sisters?
Where Mrs.Kelvey got her children's clothes
What is her employers scrap fabric