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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Window Chapters 12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Ramsay tell James as Mrs. Ramsay is measuring his foot for the stockings?
(a) They will take a tip to town.
(b) They can go to the beach instead of the Lighthouse.
(c) There is no chance that they will be able to go to the Lighthouse.
(d) There is a chance that the weather will be clear for the trip to the Lighthouse.

2. What is William Bankes' assessment of Lily Briscoe?
(a) He thinks she is odd and clumsy.
(b) He thinks she is flamboyant and rowdy.
(c) He thinks she is aloof and moody.
(d) He thinks she is orderly, alone, poor, and has good sense.

3. What does Lily feel the Ramsays are flooded with?
(a) Friendship
(b) Hatred
(c) Indifference
(d) Being in love

4. What are the many places Mr. Bankes has traveled?
(a) Rome, France, and Spain
(b) America, South America, and Amsterdam
(c) Madrid, Poland, and Iceland
(d) Amsterdam, Madrid, and Rome

5. How does Mrs. Ramsay try to lift James' spirits after his father's negative comments
(a) She promises to bake him his favorite cake.
(b) She says that she will buy him a new catalogue.
(c) She says that he can get a puppy.
(d) She says that he might wake up and find the sun shining.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Ramsay concerned when the sound of the children playing and the men talking suddenly stops?

2. Who says that the weather will not be nice enough for the trip?

3. What is the thing Mr. Bankes and Lily Briscoe see that they are not supposed to?

4. Why does Mrs. Ramsay want Lily to get married?

5. Why is Mr. Ramsay angry with his wife, cursing her?

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