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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the fate of the Ramsay's son, Andrew?
(a) He goes into landscaping.
(b) He gets killed instantly in the war.
(c) He becomes an artist.
(d) He becomes a scholar.

2. What does Mr. Ramsay expect from Lily when he sighs, full of grief?
(a) A walk along the beach
(b) Sympathy
(c) Conversation
(d) A smile

3. Who does Lily see sitting in the chair, knitting a stocking?
(a) Minta
(b) Mrs. McNab
(c) Mrs. Ramsay
(d) Nancy

4. After Mrs. McNab locks the door to the house, how does the author describe it?
(a) Like a prehistoric, dark cave
(b) Like an abandoned shack in the highlands
(c) Like an empty shell on a sandhill to fill with dry salt grains
(d) Like a relic of another age

5. Why does William Bankes detest the hole in Minta's stocking?
(a) He feels Minta doesn't have the common sense to mend her stocking.
(b) He remembers the time he was too poor to buy new socks.
(c) He believes it is a symbol of disorder, the loss of womanhood, and all the things he abhors.
(d) He finds feet offensive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lily's attitude toward Mr. Ramsay?

2. While the summerhouse is deserted, what is the weather like?

3. What does James imagine himself doing to his father as they sit in the boat waiting for the breeze to pick up?

4. What question does Mr. Ramsay ask Cam to make her smile?

5. How does Mr. Ramsay look at Lily?

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