English
empathy
Practice questions
How does the ending complete Kezia's emotional journey?Kezia's change in attitude towards her father proves what?What complexity is shown by Kezia's father's stern behaviour and later tenderness?What contradiction arises when Kezia works for her father?At which moment is the father's insensitivity towards Kezia most clearly seen?Kezia receiving safety through her father's closeness strengthens which message?Kezia's loneliness in the story increases sensitivity towards what?How is grandmother's role helpful in the development of empathy?If the father's stern behaviour is taken as the final truth what message of the story will be missed?How does Kezia's child mind exaggerate her father's sternness?Why is balance between the father's responsibility and the daughter's emotional need necessary?What does the comparison between Mr Macdonald and Kezia's father clarify in the story?Which viewpoint is most suitable for understanding Kezia's empathy in the story?Kezia's fear reducing while resting against her father's chest gives what symbolic meaning?What should be the reader's role in understanding Kezia's father?Kezia making the cushion and then being punished shows which human error?How does empathy prevent characters from being one-sided in the story?What psychological change is seen in Kezia's changing feelings towards her father?How should Kezia's sensitivity be understood at an expert level?How does the father's stern voice affect Kezia?