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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) The heat is warping the roof.
(d) Flies weave webs in the sunny rooms, weeds grow near the glass

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

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

5. What does Lily complete at the end of the story?
(a) Her self-portrait
(b) Her painting of the Lighthouse
(c) Her painting of Mrs. Ramsay and James
(d) Her painting of Mr. Carmichael

6. How is Cam attracted to her father?
(a) She thinks he is funny.
(b) She thinks he is a hero.
(c) She thinks he has beautiful hands, feet, voice, and words.
(d) She thinks he is brilliant.

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

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 vague, unable to dwell on any one thought.
(c) He believes women are deep thinkers.
(d) He believes women are more focused than men.

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

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

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

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

13. 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 is just a raggedy old man with no original thoughts.
(c) She thinks he communicates with the dead.
(d) She thinks he communicates with animals.

14. What messages breathed from sea to shore at the ramsay's house?
(a) Messages of peace
(b) Messages of sorrow
(c) Messages of foreboding
(d) Messages of excitement

15. What does James remember as they all sit in the hot sun on the boat?
(a) He remembers the arguments his parents used to have.
(b) He remembers his father taking his mother away from him.
(c) He remembers his father telling him that it would rain and he wouldn't be able to go to the lighthouse.
(d) He remembers cutting pictures out of a catalogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. McNab pick a bunch of flowers from the Ramsay's garden?

2. Why is Lily crying in anguish as she paints her picture?

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

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

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

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