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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. Why does Mr. Ramsay become annoyed with Mrs. Ramsay, thinking he will go off alone?
(a) She keeps talking about going to the Lighthouse.
(b) She doesn't want Andrew to go to college.
(c) She won't share her thoughts with him
(d) All she talks about are flowers.

2. What kind of lives do Prue, Nancy, and Rose want to live?
(a) Lives different from Mrs. Ramsay, a wilder life, not taking care of men
(b) Lives as missionaries
(c) Lives just like their mothers
(d) Lives filled with children

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

4. What is Mr. Ramsay doing on the terrace as Mrs. Ramsay sits inside looking at catalogues?
(a) He is marching up and down reciting poetry.
(b) He is reading his book.
(c) He is planting flowers for Mrs. Ramsay.
(d) He is repairing loose stones on the terrace.

5. What does Mr. Ramsay compare men's minds to?
(a) The months of the year
(b) The days of the week
(c) Numbers up to one hundred
(d) Letters of the alphabet

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James imagine doing to his father?

2. What does Mrs. Ramsay think she could have managed better in her 50 years?

3. As Mrs. Ramsay strolls with Mr. Ramsay, who does she think should marry?

4. How does Mr. Bankes refer to the Ramsay children?

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

(see the answer key)

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