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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the characters muses on a book that he wishes to keep when he is older?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Susan.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Neville.

2. Which subject do the children appear to have a strong grasp of?
(a) History.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Science.
(d) English Grammar.

3. What is significant about what day it is at the end of Section 2?
(a) It is the last day of the boys' first term at school.
(b) It is the boys' last day at school.
(c) It is the boys' first day of their second year at school.
(d) It is the last day of summer.

4. How did the character who witnesses the kiss in Section 1 react to it?
(a) With anger and confusion.
(b) With fear and despair.
(c) By also trying to kiss Louis.
(d) With joy and excitement.

5. Who repeats variations of the phrase, "I will gather my flowers and present them--Oh! to whom?"
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Susan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Louis doing upon the commencement of his major monologue in Section 3?

2. Who is picking flowers alone in the novel's first section?

3. In Section 2, Miss Lambert sits under a picture of whom?

4. What physical feature does Rhoda struggle to identify on others?

5. Which of the girls is first to speak in Section 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Overall, what should the reader take away as most significant from Section 1?

2. What is significant about the opening description to Section 4?

3. Why is Bernard's announcement of his engagement in Section 4 significant?

4. Describe the fears, or the lack of fears, that the characters articulate in Section 3.

5. Characterize Bernard's attitude towards Louis as described in Section 3.

6. When the characters change locations in the text, it is not always noticeable. Identify why this is and the effect on the reader.

7. Characterize how Louis expresses his differences from Neville and Bernard in Section 3.

8. Which of the boys seems to have the strongest attachment to Percival? Please provide some evidence in your answer.

9. Why does Woolf use a line or two of monologue rather than dialogue to introduce the children in Section 1?

10. What is the significance of having each character introduce themselves by identifying a specific image in Section 1?

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