English
empathy
Practice questions
Why cannot the father's sternness be considered entirely negative in the story?From the viewpoint of empathy what is Kezia's biggest learning?The reader's empathy for Kezia arises not only from her crying but from what?What effect does the limited presence of the mother show on Kezia's emotional state?How does the story encourage the reader to understand the father's punishment?Why does Kezia's experience show that children need emotional reassurance?What kind of response does the development of empathy in the story ask from the reader?Why would it be wrong to see Kezia's silence only as disobedience?The conflict between the father's responsibility and the daughter's needs creates which main idea?What is the basis of the new image of the father in Kezia's mind?How does fear become an obstacle in Kezia's process of understanding her father?Why do fear and love exist together in Kezia's mind towards her father?Through which experience does Kezia's empathy mature the most in the story?Kezia seeing her father only as frightening is what kind of incomplete understanding?What perspective does empathy give the reader about the father's punishment?Kezia makes a gift for her father after grandmother's suggestion. What emotional need does this show?How does Kezia watching the Macdonald family help in understanding empathy?What meaning emerges when Kezia's stuttering is read empathetically?Why is understanding her father's tiredness important for Kezia?Why does Kezia's fear arouse empathy in the reader?