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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. What is Andrew's opinion of Minta?
(a) He thinks she is too prim and proper.
(b) He thinks she is a liar.
(c) He thinks she is boastful.
(d) He thinks she is more sensible than most girls.

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

3. What is the thing Mr. Bankes and Lily Briscoe see that they are not supposed to?
(a) Mr. Ramsay reciting is poetry.
(b) A present James made for his mother.
(c) The children pulling up Mrs. Ramsay's flowers
(d) Mrs. Ramsay crying

4. Why is Mrs. Ramsay annoyed with Mr. Ramsay when he calls the island a "poor little place"?
(a) Because it is a lovely night and he is complaining
(b) Because he is insulting their vacation spot
(c) Because he is ruining their stroll
(d) Because he is so moody

5. What is William Bankes' assessment of Lily Briscoe?
(a) He thinks she is odd and clumsy.
(b) He thinks she is aloof and moody.
(c) He thinks she is orderly, alone, poor, and has good sense.
(d) He thinks she is flamboyant and rowdy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Ramsay regret will happen when her children are grown?

2. What is Mr. Ramsay's reaction as he sees his wife sitting in sadness?

3. What is the image the author gives of Mrs. Ramsay as she looks at her dinner guests?

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

5. How does Mrs. Ramsay feel about her husband as she looks at him across the table?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Mr. Ramsay enraged, pacing back and forth on the terrace?

3. 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?

4. Why does Cam feel happy as she lifts her hand out of the sea?

5. What is the state of mind of the family and guests of Mrs. Ramsay as dinner comes to an end?

6. Why does Lily Briscoe become annoyed with Cam and James when they are finally ready to go to the Lighthouse?

7. Lily wants to wake up Mr. Carmichael and talk to him about all the questions she has of life, death, and even Mrs. Ramsay. Why does she decide against waking him?

8. What is Mr. Ramsay's reaction when Mr. Bankes and Lily Briscoe go through the opening in the hedge to find Ramsay loudly reciting poetry?

9. Why does James consider taking a knife and stabbing his father through the heart?

10. Why doesn't Mrs. Ramsay allow her daughters to mock the atheist, Mr. Tansley?

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