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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Ramsay wish she could go with Paul and Minta?
(a) To the beach
(b) To town
(c) To the picture show
(d) On a walk

2. Who says that the weather will not be nice enough for the trip?
(a) Nancy
(b) Lily Briscoe
(c) Mr. Carmichael
(d) Mr. Ramsay

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

4. Why does Mrs. Ramsay think Mr. Ramsay is different from other people?
(a) He worries about the flower garden constantly.
(b) He is too worried about everyday matters.
(c) He is obsessed with insignificant events.
(d) He seems oblivious to ordinary things of life, but lives as if in a dream.

5. What is William Bankes' assessment of Lily Briscoe?
(a) He thinks she is aloof and moody.
(b) He thinks she is orderly, alone, poor, and has good sense.
(c) He thinks she is odd and clumsy.
(d) He thinks she is flamboyant and rowdy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of her children does Mrs. Ramsay want to stay young?

2. Why is Mrs. Ramsay so worried about the way her son, Jasper, passes the time?

3. What helps Mr. Ramsay forget about the annoyances at dinner?

4. What does Lily see the Ramsay's as a symbol of?

5. What is Mr. Ramsay thinks as he watches his wife reading?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Ramsay view life as a lighthouse keeper?

2. What does Mr. Ramsay want his wife to say to him when he finishes reading and she finishes her knitting? How does she react to what he wants?

3. Although Mrs. Ramsay describes the summerhouse they are renting as shabby, what does she like about being there?

4. How does Lily Briscoe envision Mrs. Ramsay after she screams out Mrs. Ramsay's name in grief?

5. What does Lily contemplate about the dead as she thinks about what she would have told Mrs. Ramsay about the Rayley's relationship?

6. What are James' thoughts of his mother as he waits at the tiller for the breeze to fill the sails?

7. Why does Mr. Ramsay think he cannot talk to his wife as she sits in the chair knitting after James goes to bed?

8. How does Lily Briscoe justify being a single woman?

9. Describe the Ramsay's summerhouse now that Mrs. Ramsay has died.

10. What are James' and Cam's emotions as they sail to the Lighthouse with their father?

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