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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. What does Emily admit about all the things she does?
(a) She doesn't understand why it bothers people.
(b) She does them on purpose.
(c) She cannot help what she does.
(d) She uses them as research.

2. How old is Emily when she argues with Austin over Valentines?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 11.
(d) 18.

3. What is Emily's middle name?
(a) Lavinia.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Henrietta.
(d) Libby.

4. What does Emily say phosphorescence gives poetry?
(a) Its life.
(b) Its essence.
(c) Its unique nature.
(d) Its genius.

5. When people react to Emily's love, what does this cause her to do?
(a) Become intrigued.
(b) Become obsessed.
(c) Become thoughtful.
(d) Become puzzled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Austin's father give him?

2. What title did Emily hope to be crowned when she would be 17?

3. What does Emily say her neighbors do to try and get a look at her?

4. Which group did Mary Lyon attempt to convert?

5. What happened to Emily when her father would say "I say unto you?"

Short Essay Questions

1. About what does reading the story about the train accident remind Emily?

2. What does Emily feel her published poems will bring?

3. What would Emily's father do that would floor Emily?

4. What distracts Emily that causes the mood of the play to change after the incident with Mr. Crowell?

5. What information does Emily share about Vinne and his cat?

6. How does Emily say her mother felt about her?

7. How does Emily describe the time her family, including her mother, all lived together?

8. What type of stories does Lavinia want to hear the most and what does she want to know about those stories?

9. How old was Emily when she learned to tell time and what did the clock stopping mean to Emily?

10. What does Emily find amusing about her upcoming school year during the flashback?

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