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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of lives do Prue, Nancy, and Rose want to live?
(a) Lives as missionaries
(b) Lives just like their mothers
(c) Lives filled with children
(d) Lives different from Mrs. Ramsay, a wilder life, not taking care of men

3. What is Mrs. Ramsay bringing to the Lighthouse for the keeper's ailing son?
(a) Knitted hat
(b) Gloves
(c) Knitted stockings
(d) A winter coat

4. Why does Mrs. Ramsay want Lily to get married?
(a) Because single women miss what life has to offer
(b) So she can have a family
(c) So she won't be lonely
(d) To have someone to support her

5. What do Paul, Minta, Andrew, and Nancy do, once they reach the beach?
(a) They go for a swim.
(b) They watch children building sand castles.
(c) They splash each other.
(d) They separate, going their own way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Ramsay sorry for after she tells James they cannot go to the Lighthouse?

2. Why is Mrs. Ramsay so worried about the way her son, Jasper, passes the time?

3. What is the comment Andrew makes about women while they are looking for the brooch?

4. What is the thing Mr. Bankes and Lily Briscoe see that they are not supposed to?

5. What does Lily contemplate as the dinner winds down, and people leave the table?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Paul vow to do after Minta loses her grandmother's brooch?

2. What does Mr. Ramsay want his wife to say to him when he finishes reading and she finishes her knitting? How does she react to what he wants?

3. Why does Mr. Ramsay become so angry with his wife when she is measuring James' leg for the stockings she is knitting?

4. How does Lily Briscoe envision Mrs. Ramsay after she screams out Mrs. Ramsay's name in grief?

5. How does Mrs. Ramsay view life as a lighthouse keeper?

6. How does Mrs. McNabb manage to get the house in order after she receives word that the Ramsay's are coming for the summer?

7. What does William Bankes think about as he looks at the far sand hills while walking with Lily Biscoe?

8. Describe why Mrs. Ramsay does not want her children to grow up.

9. Why is Mrs. Ramsay so agitated about Nancy, Andrew, Minta, and Paul being late for supper?

10. Why does Mr. Ramsay interrupt James and his wife as they read a book?

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