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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Window Chapters 9, 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Mr. Ramsay angry with his wife, cursing her?
(a) She dropped his book in the water at the beach.
(b) She laughed at his poetry recitation.
(c) For giving James false hope about going on the trip to the Lighthouse
(d) She burned dinner.

3. 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 laughing when James is learning to swim
(c) For ridiculing him when he cuts out pictures
(d) For never taking him to the circus

4. Where are James and his mother planning to take a trip?
(a) To the Lighthouse
(b) To visit relatives
(c) Into town to buy yarn
(d) To the beach

5. What does Mrs. Ramsay do when she sees her husband looking at her?
(a) She insults him.
(b) She ignores him.
(c) She frowns at him.
(d) She calls to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Ramsay think are getting engaged?

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

3. What is Mr. Ramsay's reaction as he sees his wife sitting in sadness?

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

5. Why does William Bankes see Mrs. Ramsay as child-like?

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