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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. Why has Mr. Tansley never been to the circus?
(a) He is afraid of large crowds.
(b) He comes from a family with nine siblings and his father was a working man.
(c) His father believed circus people were evil.
(d) He thinks they are for imbeciles.

2. Why is Lily surprised that when she looks at her painting, she cannot see it?
(a) A swarm of gnats fly in her eyes.
(b) She realizes that she is crying, but didn't think she felt anything for Mrs. Ramsay.
(c) She suddenly loses vision in both eyes.
(d) She didn't realize that her hat had fallen over her eyes.

3. What does Prue feel about her mother as she sees her standing on the stairs?
(a) She thinks her mother looks old.
(b) She wishes she did not have a mother.
(c) She is annoyed with her mother's overbearing nature.
(d) Prue feels she is lucky to have her mother and she will never grow up, and never leave home.

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

5. What is Lily's view of Mr. Bankes?
(a) She sees him as a self-centered old man.
(b) She sees him as a generous, heroic man
(c) She sees him as a moody widower.
(d) She sees him as a lonely, old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Tansley feel proud for the first time in his life?

2. What does Lily feel the Ramsays are flooded with?

3. While the summerhouse is deserted, what is the weather like?

4. How does Prue's pregnancy progress?

5. What does Mr. Ramsay say he will do if Mr. Tansley marries Prue?

(see the answer key)

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