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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the strange idea Lily has about Mr. Carmichael?
(a) She thinks he can read her thoughts, knowing the things she couldn't say.
(b) She thinks he communicates with animals.
(c) She thinks he communicates with the dead.
(d) She thinks he is just a raggedy old man with no original thoughts.

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

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

4. What work does George do at the summerhouse?
(a) He mops the floors.
(b) He plants a garden.
(c) He catches the rats and cuts the grass
(d) He replaces the hinges.

5. How does Prue's pregnancy progress?
(a) Prue stays in bed but delivery goes well.
(b) Prue has morning sickness for nine months.
(c) Prue is healthy and happy for the nine months.
(d) Prue dies from complications.

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

7. How does Cam feel about her father during the boat trip?
(a) She is indifferent to him.
(b) She is afraid of him.
(c) She is suddenly proud of him, thinking he is brave and daring.
(d) She is angry with him.

8. What is Mr. Ramsay's opinion of how women think?
(a) He believes women are more intelligent than men.
(b) He believes women are more focused than men.
(c) He believes women are vague, unable to dwell on any one thought.
(d) He believes women are deep thinkers.

9. What finally gives James relief from his negative thoughts about his father?
(a) The wind picks up, allowing them to set sail again.
(b) He imagines himself back at the summerhouse.
(c) He thinks about his mother.
(d) Cam smiles at him.

10. Why does Lily think life is aimless, chaotic, and unreal?
(a) Because her painting are not be accepted by the art community
(b) Because she is thinking of the deaths of Mrs. Ramsay, Prue and Andrew
(c) Because Mr. Ramsay was fired from his job
(d) Because James hates her

11. What is happening to the summerhouse while the Ramsay's are away?
(a) It is becoming shabbier with each passing day.
(b) Another family is living in it.
(c) It is being renovated.
(d) It is being painted by neighbors

12. Why does James think he is powerless to move as he sits at the tiller of the boat?
(a) He is afraid of falling overboard.
(b) He imagines his father tied him there with a rope.
(c) He doesn't want to get his father's attention.
(d) He's afraid of rocking the boat.

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

14. Who writes a volume of poetry that becomes very successful?
(a) Lily Briscoe
(b) Mr. Tansley
(c) Mr. Carmichael
(d) Mr. Ramsay

15. What does Mrs. Ramsay do on the beach while Lily paints and Charles skips stones?
(a) She puts her feet in the water.
(b) She yells at Charles to keep away from the water.
(c) She sits in silence, resting.
(d) She reads a book Mr. Ramsay gave her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lily feeling as she sits drinking coffee on her first morning back at the Ramsay's?

2. Why is Lily surprised that when she looks at her painting, she cannot see it?

3. What does Mr. Ramsay tell James about his ability to steer the boat?

4. What are Minta's feelings about Paul's affair with another woman?

5. What is Lily's opinion of the dead?

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