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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Window Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Ramsay think she could have managed better in her 50 years?
(a) Her ledger book
(b) Her husband, money, her husband's books
(c) Her children
(d) Her inheritance

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

3. What makes Mr. Ramsay a happy man?
(a) He has his wife, children, and his career teaching young men philosophy.
(b) Going for a walk on the beach
(c) His books and his lectures
(d) Reciting his poetry

4. Why is Mr. Ramsay angry with his wife, cursing her?
(a) For giving James false hope about going on the trip to the Lighthouse
(b) She dropped his book in the water at the beach.
(c) She burned dinner.
(d) She laughed at his poetry recitation.

5. Why has Mr. Tansley never been to the circus?
(a) He thinks they are for imbeciles.
(b) He comes from a family with nine siblings and his father was a working man.
(c) His father believed circus people were evil.
(d) He is afraid of large crowds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Ramsay react to being seen reciting poetry by Lily and Mr. Bankes?

2. What does James imagine doing to his father?

3. Where are James and his mother planning to take a trip?

4. What does Mr. Ramsay tell James as Mrs. Ramsay is measuring his foot for the stockings?

5. What is the children's opinion of Mr. Tansley?

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