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

2. Why does James hate his father?
(a) For demanding the attention of his mother, and disrupting the time he is spending with her.
(b) For laughing when James is learning to swim
(c) For never taking him to the circus
(d) For ridiculing him when he cuts out pictures

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

4. What is it that Mr. Ramsay wants Mrs. Ramsay to say to him, but she is unable to?
(a) You are a good husband.
(b) I love you.
(c) You are brilliant.
(d) I adore you.

5. Why is Mrs. Ramsay so annoyed with Mr. Tansley, thinking him hateful?
(a) He slaps James.
(b) He tells James that he cannot go to the Lighthouse.
(c) He insults her cooking.
(d) He breaks her favorite necklace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul decide to do when they cannot find the brooch?

2. What is Lily's opinion of Mr. Ramsay?

3. What is Lily Briscoe doing on the edge of the lawn?

4. How does Mrs. Ramsay determine which necklace to wear to dinner?

5. What does Lily tell William Bankes about Mr. Ramsay?

Short Essay Questions

1. What message does the sea give to Lily Briscoe as she lies down to sleep after returning to the summerhouse?

2. Describe the scene as Mr. Bankes, Prue, Andrew, and Lily turn off the lights before going to bed.

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

4. What does Lily contemplate about the dead as she thinks about what she would have told Mrs. Ramsay about the Rayley's relationship?

5. Summarize the conversation between Mr. Bankes and Lily Briscoe as they are strolling together.

6. Although Mrs. Ramsay describes the summerhouse they are renting as shabby, what does she like about being there?

7. Explain the comparison Lily Biscoe makes between Mr. Ramsay and William Bankes.

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

9. As Lily paints, she thinks of a time on the beach with Charles Tansley many years before. Mrs. Ramsay was sitting near them, writing letters, and watching. How does Lily believe Mrs. Ramsay affected the way she and Charles acted toward each other?

10. What does Mr. Tansley do to predict the weather for the outing to the lighthouse?

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