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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lily feel while she is painting?
(a) A part of this world
(b) Drawn out of this world
(c) Hiding in reality
(d) Tied to reality

2. How does Lily feel as she sits alone in the Ramsay's house?
(a) She feels cut off from people, with no attachments there.
(b) She feels like a member of the family.
(c) She feels like a sister to Nancy.
(d) She feels like a daughter to Mr. Ramsay.

3. What is Lily's description of the Rayleys?
(a) They are adventurous and full of life.
(b) They are well off with no cares in the world.
(c) Minta is garish, flamboyant, and careless. Paul is tired and pale.
(d) They are happily married and full of energy

4. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay get into so many arguments?
(a) Mrs. Ramsay is impulsive and Mr. Ramsay is moody.
(b) Mrs. Ramsay is always insulting Mr. Ramsay.
(c) Mr. Ramsay is negative, contradicting Mrs. Ramsay all the time.
(d) They argue over the children.

5. After Mrs. McNab locks the door to the house, how does the author describe it?
(a) Like an empty shell on a sandhill to fill with dry salt grains
(b) Like a prehistoric, dark cave
(c) Like an abandoned shack in the highlands
(d) Like a relic of another age

6. What is the condition of the house now that ten years have passed?
(a) Mrs. McNab kept the house spotless.
(b) The books are moldy, plaster is falling, and the pipes are clogged.
(c) The wood floor is in good condition and the walls are solid
(d) Vagrants live in the house.

7. What is the fate of the Ramsay's son, Andrew?
(a) He goes into landscaping.
(b) He becomes an artist.
(c) He gets killed instantly in the war.
(d) He becomes a scholar.

8. What is it in human beings that nature looks upon complacently?
(a) Human misery, meanness, and his torture
(b) Human family life
(c) Human relationships
(d) Human's striving for success

9. What is it that could happen to the house between night and dawn?
(a) Thieves could empty the house.
(b) A storm could arise and blow off the shutters.
(c) A feather could fall and collapse the house.
(d) Animals could invade the house.

10. Why is Lily disappointed when the Ramsay's leave on the boat?
(a) Because she didn't give sympathy to Mr. Ramsay
(b) Because she wants Cam to pose for a painting
(c) Because she is lonely
(d) Because she wishes she were with them

11. How does Lily describe Mr. Ramsay as she looks out at the bay?
(a) As a distinguished philosopher
(b) Looking younger than he is
(c) Aging gracefully
(d) As a very old man

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

13. What do the gulls, flowers, trees, and the earth itself seem to be saying on a summer evening at the Ramsay's house?
(a) Evil is rampant in the world
(b) Sadness is everywhere
(c) Good triumphs, happiness prevails, and order rules
(d) Life is painful

14. What is the atmosphere around the house as Mrs. McNab's work at the summerhouse is finished?
(a) It is quiet, calm, and sleepy.
(b) It is dark and dreary.
(c) It is stormy.
(d) It is noisy from the howling wind.

15. James looks at his father, seeing him as tired and old. What does he compare his father to?
(a) A dead, leafless oak tree
(b) The empty shell of an ancient tortoise
(c) An old dog lying in the sun
(d) An old stone lying on the sand

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Ramsay do on the beach while Lily paints and Charles skips stones?

2. What is the brown spot Lily sees out in the bay?

3. Where does the only light come from in the darkness of the house?

4. What is the condition of the house in the heat of the summer?

5. What adventure does Cam invent to escape Mr. Ramsay's and James' attitudes?

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