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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Window Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 repairing loose stones on the terrace.
(c) He is planting flowers for Mrs. Ramsay.
(d) He is reading his book.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Ramsay so annoyed with Mr. Tansley, thinking him hateful?

2. What does Mrs. Ramsay regret will happen when her children are grown?

3. How is Mr. Bankes enjoying the dinner party?

4. How does Lily feel about the sympathy that Mrs. Ramsay gives Mr. Ramsay?

5. How does Nancy feel when she sees Paul and Minta kissing?

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