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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lily think Mr. Ramsay has changed through the years?
(a) He became even more obnoxious and unfriendly.
(b) He developed an interest in ordinary human things and shed his worries and ambitions
(c) He is a more loving father.
(d) He does not like books anymore.

2. How does Lily feel while she is painting?
(a) A part of this world
(b) Hiding in reality
(c) Drawn out of this world
(d) Tied to reality

3. Why does Lily think life is aimless, chaotic, and unreal?
(a) Because James hates her
(b) Because Mr. Ramsay was fired from his job
(c) Because she is thinking of the deaths of Mrs. Ramsay, Prue and Andrew
(d) Because her painting are not be accepted by the art community

4. What is happening to the summerhouse while the Ramsay's are away?
(a) It is becoming shabbier with each passing day.
(b) It is being painted by neighbors
(c) Another family is living in it.
(d) It is being renovated.

5. What is the brown spot Lily sees out in the bay?
(a) Mr. Ramsay's boat
(b) Driftwood
(c) A dead, bloated whale
(d) Old lobster pots

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the gulls, flowers, trees, and the earth itself seem to be saying on a summer evening at the Ramsay's house?

2. What is the vow that James and Cam make to each other?

3. How does Cam feel about her father during the boat trip?

4. What adventure does Cam invent to escape Mr. Ramsay's and James' attitudes?

5. How does Prue's pregnancy progress?

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