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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Emily bring flowers to her father's grave?
(a) She needs to do something to keep him alive.
(b) He doesn't have any gardens.
(c) She wants to show him respect.
(d) He always loved Emily's flowers.

2. What does Emily think would be necessary for her family to stop crying over her father's death?
(a) If they had gotten to see him one last time.
(b) If they could have seen his body before it was buried.
(c) If they received a sign from him.
(d) If they knew his father was aware of how they tend his grave.

3. Who does Vinnie carry letters to for Austin?
(a) Judge Lord.
(b) Professor Todd's wife.
(c) Helen.
(d) Abby Farley.

4. What does Emily reminisce about her father coming to?
(a) Her first publication party.
(b) Her poetry reading.
(c) Her wedding.
(d) Home for lunch.

5. How many nephews does Emily have?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

6. How does Emily describe the descendants of the birds her father saved?
(a) Content.
(b) Heartbroken.
(c) Resigned.
(d) Saddened.

7. What does Emily try to explain to Vinnie about the man?
(a) She didn't know he was coming.
(b) She planned to run away with him.
(c) She wanted to meet him.
(d) She will not meet with the man.

8. What advice does Emily give to the audience about their parents?
(a) To open up to their needs.
(b) To ignore them.
(c) To listen to their dreams.
(d) To hold on to them.

9. What does Emily believe about the birds who now live in her garden?
(a) They are waiting for her to feed them.
(b) They are the decendents of the ones her father fed.
(c) They are waiting for her father to come back to them.
(d) They are the same birds as her father fed so long ago.

10. What does this person waiting for Emily in the library want?
(a) To marry Vinnie.
(b) To marry Emily.
(c) To talk to her father.
(d) To publish Emily's poem.

11. What is Emily waiting for at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Her father's return to the house.
(b) Her brother's wife to have her baby.
(c) Her first published poem.
(d) Professor Higginson's arrival.

12. Who does want to publish Emily's work?
(a) Helen.
(b) Sue.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Professor Higginson.

13. When did Austin bring the letter to the family about their father?
(a) August 5th.
(b) May 8th.
(c) June 15th.
(d) January 10th.

14. What does Helen believe is true about Emily's current attitude about being published?
(a) It is egocentric.
(b) It is gluttonous.
(c) It is selfish.
(d) It is ambitious.

15. Emily says that everyone is somewhere except who?
(a) Austin.
(b) Her father.
(c) Emily.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Emily's father died did her mother become ill?

2. How does Vinnie treat Emily since their father died?

3. Where does Vinnie go to get help?

4. Emily wonders why people are afraid to let go of what?

5. What does the town gossip say about Vinnie in relation to marriage?

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