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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Prue's pregnancy progress?
(a) Prue dies from complications.
(b) Prue stays in bed but delivery goes well.
(c) Prue has morning sickness for nine months.
(d) Prue is healthy and happy for the nine months.

2. What question does Mr. Ramsay ask Cam to make her smile?
(a) When is she going to the beach?
(b) Where is she going to ride her new scooter?
(c) What is she going to name her puppy?
(d) What is she going to be when she grows up?

3. What is Lily's description of middle aged people?
(a) They are cautious, furtive, and apprehensive with wrinkles between their eyes
(b) They are living life to the fullest, now that youth is gone.
(c) They are living through their children.
(d) They are bold, and self-reliant, full of self-esteem.

4. Where does Lily imagine her painting will end up as time passes?
(a) Thrown in a trash heap
(b) In a famous art gallery
(c) Hung in an attic, or rolled up and tossed under a sofa
(d) Handed down to her ancestors

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Lily surprised that when she looks at her painting, she cannot see it?

2. What is the message in the letter that Mrs. McNab receives from the Ramsay children?

3. What is it in human beings that nature looks upon complacently?

4. What is Lily's description of the Rayleys?

5. James looks at his father, seeing him as tired and old. What does he compare his father to?

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