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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Ramsay like Lily Briscoe?
(a) She has an independent spirit.
(b) She is kind to the children
(c) She reminds her of when she was a girl.
(d) She will be a famous artist someday.

2. Why can't the sleep once dinner is over?
(a) They are still excited over dinner.
(b) They took a nap in the afternoon.
(c) Mr. Ramsay hung a stuffed animal with large horns on the bedroom wall.
(d) They are over tired.

3. Why does Mrs. Ramsay feel she can return to her dreamland of twenty years ago in the Manning's drawing room?
(a) Because dinner is over
(b) Because no one is paying attention to her
(c) Because she is sick of her guests
(d) Because Lily got a conversation going with Mr. Tansley

4. How does Mrs. Ramsay quiet the children down, so they can sleep?
(a) She hangs her shawl over the skull.
(b) She reads them a fairy tale.
(c) She threatens them.
(d) She sings them a lullaby.

5. What is the children's opinion of Mr. Tansley?
(a) He would be a good catch for any woman.
(b) He is a miserable, sarcastic brute.
(c) He is athletic and bold.
(d) He is bright, handsome, and friendly.

6. Who does Mrs. Ramsay think are getting engaged?
(a) Minta Doyle and Paul Rayley
(b) Lily and Mr. Bankes
(c) Lily and Paul
(d) Minta and Andrew

7. What is James' favorite hobby?
(a) Cutting pictures out of catalogues
(b) Collecting butterflies
(c) Fishing
(d) Collecting stamps

8. What is Mrs. Ramsay's opinion on human relationships?
(a) Human relationships are emotionally perfect.
(b) Human relationships are full of love and kindness.
(c) Human relationships are selfish, imperfect, and dreadful.
(d) Human relationships are fulfilling and special.

9. What was the worst moment of Paul's life?
(a) Asking Minta to marry him
(b) Losing his job
(c) Losing his mother and father
(d) Being rejected by a college

10. How does Mrs. Ramsay determine which necklace to wear to dinner?
(a) She closes her eyes and picks one from the jewelry box.
(b) She lets Mr. Ramsay choose for her.
(c) She lets her children, Jasper and Rose, to choose the necklace.
(d) She holds each necklace against the dress, finding the closest match.

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

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

13. What does Lily see the Ramsay's as a symbol of?
(a) Friendship
(b) Marriage
(c) Family life
(d) Negativity

14. What is William Bankes' assessment of Lily Briscoe?
(a) He thinks she is flamboyant and rowdy.
(b) He thinks she is aloof and moody.
(c) He thinks she is odd and clumsy.
(d) He thinks she is orderly, alone, poor, and has good sense.

15. How does Mrs. Ramsay clean her mind from all the odds of the day after dinner is over?
(a) She works in her garden
(b) She reads
(c) She watches Lily paint
(d) She sings to the children

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Ramsay tell James as Mrs. Ramsay is measuring his foot for the stockings?

2. How does Mrs. Ramsay feel after giving Mr. Ramsay the sympathy he needs?

3. Mrs. Ramsay is excited that this character accepted her dinner invitation.

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

5. Why is Minta terrified that they will not find the brooch?

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