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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Ramsay get angry and bang out of the room?
(a) James and Cam are arguing.
(b) The weather is looking ominous
(c) James and Cam are not ready for the trip, and Nancy forgot the sandwiches.
(d) Lily is being annoying.

2. What is Lily's attitude toward Mr. Ramsay?
(a) She finds him difficult and unable to praise him.
(b) She detests him.
(c) She thinks he is handsome and debonair.
(d) She thinks he is brilliant and friendly.

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

4. Why can't Lily paint after she sets up her easel?
(a) She has to make sandwiches for the trip.
(b) Mr. Bankes is coming up the lawn.
(c) Mr. Ramsay is standing with her.
(d) James and Cam keep interrupting.

5. What does Mr. Ramsay do while they are sailing to the Lighthouse?
(a) He steers the boat.
(b) He reads a book.
(c) He hangs his hand in the water.
(d) He argues with James.

6. Which one of Mr. Ramsay's daughters does he escort down the aisle to be married?
(a) Prue
(b) Cam
(c) Rose
(d) Nancy

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

8. Who does Mrs. McNab get to help her clean up the Ramsay's house?
(a) Lily Briscoe
(b) Mr. Carmichael
(c) William Bankes
(d) Mrs. Bast and her son, George

9. How does Lily see the blank canvas before her?
(a) She sees it as an impossible task.
(b) She sees the canvas as if it were rebuking her with a cold stare.
(c) She sees it as a friend.
(d) She sees it as a blank slate to paint her emotions.

10. What does Lily think offended people about Mrs. Ramsay?
(a) Her constant refusal to help her husband
(b) Her superior demeanor
(c) Her beauty and her giving in to her husbands whims
(d) Her callousness and selfishness

11. Why does William Bankes detest the hole in Minta's stocking?
(a) He believes it is a symbol of disorder, the loss of womanhood, and all the things he abhors.
(b) He feels Minta doesn't have the common sense to mend her stocking.
(c) He finds feet offensive.
(d) He remembers the time he was too poor to buy new socks.

12. How does Lily think Mr. Ramsay has changed through the years?
(a) He does not like books anymore.
(b) He developed an interest in ordinary human things and shed his worries and ambitions
(c) He became even more obnoxious and unfriendly.
(d) He is a more loving father.

13. What is the condition of the house in the heat of the summer?
(a) The sun adds warmth to the cheery rooms.
(b) The summer sun is shining on the porch.
(c) Flies weave webs in the sunny rooms, weeds grow near the glass
(d) The heat is warping the roof.

14. 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 relic of another age
(c) Like an abandoned shack in the highlands
(d) Like a prehistoric, dark cave

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Lily paints, what does she think about Mr. Tansley?

2. How does Lily feel as she sits alone in the Ramsay's house?

3. What does the Macalister boy use for fishing bait while they are on the boat?

4. What does James remember as they all sit in the hot sun on the boat?

5. What does Lily discover about the meaning of life?

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