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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lighthouse Chapters 6, 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Macalister boy use for fishing bait while they are on the boat?
(a) He caught flies the day before.
(b) He uses worms he found in the garden.
(c) He uses stale bread.
(d) He cuts a square out of the side of a fish.

2. Who writes a volume of poetry that becomes very successful?
(a) Mr. Carmichael
(b) Lily Briscoe
(c) Mr. Tansley
(d) Mr. Ramsay

3. As Mrs. Ramsay sits at the head of the dinner table, what is she contemplating?
(a) She wonders what will become of her children.
(b) She wonders what she has accomplished, feeling her life is over.
(c) She wonders why dinner is late.
(d) She thinks about leaving her husband.

4. Why is Minta terrified that they will not find the brooch?
(a) They can't remember everywhere they have been
(b) The sand is blowing everywhere
(c) There are too many stones to look through
(d) The tide is coming in

5. Why does James hate his father?
(a) For demanding the attention of his mother, and disrupting the time he is spending with her.
(b) For never taking him to the circus
(c) For ridiculing him when he cuts out pictures
(d) For laughing when James is learning to swim

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Mr. Ramsay ask Cam to make her smile?

2. How does Lily feel while she is painting?

3. What makes Mr. Ramsay a happy man?

4. How does Lily see the blank canvas before her?

5. What does Mr. Ramsay do while they are sailing to the Lighthouse?

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