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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Window Chapters 14, 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What are the many places Mr. Bankes has traveled?
(a) Rome, France, and Spain
(b) Madrid, Poland, and Iceland
(c) America, South America, and Amsterdam
(d) Amsterdam, Madrid, and Rome

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

5. What is Mrs. Ramsay bringing to the Lighthouse for the keeper's ailing son?
(a) Knitted hat
(b) Knitted stockings
(c) Gloves
(d) A winter coat

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily see in Mr. Bankes' face as he watches Mrs. Ramsay?

2. Why does James hate his father?

3. What is William Bankes' assessment of Lily Briscoe?

4. Why does Mrs. Ramsay think Mr. Ramsay is different from other people?

5. What does Mrs. Ramsay do when she sees her husband looking at her?

(see the answer key)

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