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Meghan Daum, Toy Children

Meghan Daum, Toy Children

Read Toy Children and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. How did Daum’s play animals get their names?

They had no names.

She herself christened them.

They came with preassigned names.

She let her family name them.

2. In the social hierarchy of her bedroom, where did toy dolls stand?

They ranked highest because they looked like real people.

They ranked just below the animals.

They ranked somewhere between dust balls and cockroaches.

It depended on the particular doll.

3. According to the author, dolls are the ultimate symbol of what?

perpetual childhood

femininity

active imagination

motherhood

4. What was the primary reason that Daum received no Barbies?

Her mother’s feminist impulses disallowed Barbies.

Her father felt that Barbies were pornographic.

Daum only liked baby dolls.

Barbies at that time were still very expensive.

5. According to the author’s information, a girl who grows up preferring stuffed animals to dolls is more likely to

become an artist.

choose not to have children.

develop neurotic tendencies as adults.

develop a homosexual orientation.