NSC English FAL Short Stories 2: 'THE DOLL'S HOUSE'
EXTRACT I

Question

'THE DOLL'S HOUSE'  
EXTRACT I  
[The girls at school are discussing the doll's house.]  
Days passed, and as more children saw the doll's house, the fame of it spread. It became the one subject, the rage. The first question was, 'Have you seen Burnells' doll's house? Oh, ain't it lovely!' 'Haven't you seen it? Oh, I say!'  
Even the dinner hour was given up to talking about it. The little girls sat under the pines eating their thick mutton sandwiches and big slabs of johnny cake spread with butter. While always, as near as they could get, sat the Kelveys, our Else holding on to Lil, listening too, while they chewed their jam sandwiches out of a newspaper soaked with large red blobs.  
'Mother,' said Kezia, 'can't I ask the Kelveys just once?'  
'Certainly not, Kezia.'  
'But why not?'  
'Run away, Kezia; you know quite well why not.'  
At last everybody had seen it except them. On that day the subject rather flagged. It was the dinner hour. The children stood together under the pine trees, and suddenly, as they looked at the Kelveys eating out their jam sandwiches by themselves, always listening, they wanted to be horrid to them. Emmie Cole started the whisper.  
'Lil Kelvey's going to be a servant when she's grown up.'  
'O-oh, how awful!' said Isabel Burnell, and she made eyes at Emmie.

'THE DOLL'S HOUSE' EXTRACT I [The girls at school are discussing the doll's house.] Days passed, and as more children saw the doll's house, the fame of it spread - NSC English FAL - Question 5 - 2021 - Paper 2

Worked Solution & Example Answer:'THE DOLL'S HOUSE' EXTRACT I [The girls at school are discussing the doll's house.] Days passed, and as more children saw the doll's house, the fame of it spread - NSC English FAL - Question 5 - 2021 - Paper 2

The Kelvey girls are eating (jam sandwiches/sandwiches wrapped in newspaper) while the other girls are eating mutton sandwiches/cake.

Kezia likes (the oil) lamp most.

Kezia is kind/compassionate.

Mrs. Kelvey is hardworking, loves her family and takes care of them.

She suffers the humiliation because she wants to provide for her daughters.

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