Question Bank: The Little Girl

What emotion does Kezia feel when her father leaves for work?

Why does Kezia stutter when speaking to her father?

How is the father's demeanor described in the story?

What event causes a shift in Kezia’s perception of her father?

What does Kezia initially think about her father’s size?

What role does Kezia's grandmother play in the story?

What does Kezia’s reaction to her father's loud voice signify?

How does Kezia feel when she hears the noise of her father's carriage?

What does Kezia’s stuttering reveal about her relationship with her father?

Which character trait is NOT associated with Kezia's father in the story?

What does Kezia realize about fathers in general towards the end of the story?

Why does Kezia feel 'wretched' in her father’s presence?

The phrase 'on the brink of suicide' is used in the story to indicate what?

Why did Kezia feel relieved when her father left for work?

What did Kezia's stutter indicate about her feelings toward her father?

What initial emotion does Kezia feel towards her father?

What was one of the father's first actions when he returned home?

How does Kezia feel when her father leaves for work?

How did Kezia's father react to her stuttering during their interactions?

What does Kezia decide to make for her father's birthday?

What does Kezia's view of her father shift to by the end of the story?

What leads to the conflict between Kezia and her father?

What role does the grandmother play in Kezia's relationship with her father?

How does Kezia's perception of her father begin to change by the end of the story?

What symbol does the father's strictness represent in the story?

What does Kezia compare her father to during the story?

What is the significance of the candle in the scene where the father comforts Kezia?

What realization does Kezia have after observing the Macdonald children?

How does Kezia feel about the butcher in her nightmare?

How does the author convey Kezia's feelings during her father's punishment?

What does Kezia's father do when she expresses her fears at night?

What does Kezia's mother suggest about her interactions with their father?

What does Kezia learn about her father towards the end of the story?

What effect does the birth of Kezia's new perception have on her relationship with her father?

What might Kezia's feelings about her father's 'hardness' suggest about her understanding of adulthood?

Which phrase describes a significant emotional shift for Kezia?

What realization does Kezia come to when she listens to her father's heartbeat?

What prompt helps Kezia to think differently about her father?

What incident triggers Kezia's feelings of fear to transform into understanding?

How do Kezia's perceptions of fathers differ by the end of the story?

What literary device is primarily used to highlight Kezia's fear of her father?

What emotion did Kezia feel when she heard the carriage noise fading away?

How did Kezia initially perceive her father?

What did Kezia’s mother encourage her to do?

What did Kezia do to create a gift for her father?

What was the consequence of Kezia tearing up her father's papers?

How did Kezia's feelings toward her father change throughout the story?

What does Kezia’s stuttering represent in her relationship with her father?

What did Kezia's grandmother suggest to help her bond with her father?

Why was the father's reaction to the lost papers so intense?

What does the sleeping father symbolize in Kezia's perception?

How does Kezia’s view of different fathers evolve in the story?

What lesson does Kezia learn by the end of the story?

What role does the grandmother play in Kezia's relationship with her father?

What does the phrase 'on the brink of suicide' suggest about Kezia's state?

Why does Kezia’s grandmother send her to talk to her parents on Sunday afternoons?