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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the strange idea Lily has about Mr. Carmichael?
(a) She thinks he is just a raggedy old man with no original thoughts.
(b) She thinks he can read her thoughts, knowing the things she couldn't say.
(c) She thinks he communicates with the dead.
(d) She thinks he communicates with animals.

2. What is the message in the letter that Mrs. McNab receives from the Ramsay children?
(a) They are all coming back to the house for the summer.
(b) They are renovating the house.
(c) They are sending buyers to the house.
(d) They are selling the house.

3. Why does Mrs. McNab pick a bunch of flowers from the Ramsay's garden?
(a) She figures the Ramsay's will never know
(b) She wants to give them to her daughter
(c) She thinks the house is going to be sold and the family will never return.
(d) She wants to cheer up her own house.

4. What is the condition of the house now that ten years have passed?
(a) The books are moldy, plaster is falling, and the pipes are clogged.
(b) Vagrants live in the house.
(c) The wood floor is in good condition and the walls are solid
(d) Mrs. McNab kept the house spotless.

5. Why does Mr. Ramsay get angry and bang out of the room?
(a) The weather is looking ominous
(b) Lily is being annoying.
(c) James and Cam are arguing.
(d) James and Cam are not ready for the trip, and Nancy forgot the sandwiches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lily see sitting in the chair, knitting a stocking?

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

3. Who is the only person that goes to the Ramsay's house?

4. Where does the only light come from in the darkness of the house?

5. How does James react to his father's praise?

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