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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emily say has happened to the notes she has sent to her neighbors?
(a) They have become collector's items in the village.
(b) They have been sold to others.
(c) They have been published in magazines.
(d) They have been returned to her.

2. Where does Emily welcome the audience?
(a) No where.
(b) Amherst.
(c) Her sister's home.
(d) The squire's home.

3. What about Sue causes Emily to feel the way she does?
(a) Sue shows her affection for their father.
(b) Sue loves Austin as Emily does.
(c) Sue understands Emily's need to write.
(d) Sue is able to stand up for herself.

4. Where did Austin live once he graduated?
(a) As far away from his father as possible.
(b) In the room he grew up in.
(c) Next door to his father.
(d) In the town where he went to law school.

5. How old is Emily?
(a) 28.
(b) 39.
(c) 47.
(d) 53.

6. How did Austin and his father act when they were together?
(a) They would fight.
(b) As if the other did not exist.
(c) They would refuse to talk to each other.
(d) As if they were best friends.

7. How does Emily describe her Aunt Libbie?
(a) Astounding woman.
(b) Obese woman.
(c) Passionate woman.
(d) Formidable woman.

8. What is Emily carrying as she enters the stage for the first time?
(a) Book of poems.
(b) Teapot.
(c) A doll.
(d) Pen and paper.

9. What is the name of the cake?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Chocolate.

10. What word does Emily use that she feels the need to write down?
(a) Superfluous.
(b) Scholar.
(c) Genius.
(d) Phosphorescence.

11. What does Emily say that the residents of Amherst provide her?
(a) Endless amusement.
(b) The means to survive.
(c) A source of inspiration for writing.
(d) A need to keep herself inside the house.

12. What did Emily believe would happen if Austin did not turn around to see her as he was leaving in the coach?
(a) She would never see him again.
(b) She would have a bad semester.
(c) He would not earn good grades.
(d) He would return home later than normal.

13. Who missed Austin the most while he was at school?
(a) Their father.
(b) Emily.
(c) Their mother.
(d) Mary Lyon.

14. How does Emily feel about the fact that she confounds her neighbors?
(a) She dislikes it.
(b) She does not understand it.
(c) She is ashamed by it.
(d) She enjoys it.

15. Which of the following was not one of Mary Lyon's classifications for students?
(a) Group with hope.
(b) Converted Christians.
(c) Professed Christians.
(d) Group without hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Emily think that her father wanted her to stay home?

2. What does Emily say has happened to the path?

3. What title does Emily's father hold?

4. What does Emily says her friend Helen Jackson is?

5. What do Emily's neighbors compare to decide who received the strangest?

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