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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 believe happened to the poems she sent to Professor Higginson?
(a) They are in a dusty drawer somewhere.
(b) They went directly to the trash can.
(c) They were sent to another publisher.
(d) They have been burned.

2. What does Emily tell Helen about being published?
(a) She has not written a good enough piece to be published.
(b) She is at peace with not being published.
(c) She doesn't trust any publisher anymore.
(d) She is still waiting for her meridian.

3. How does Emily try to defend her writing?
(a) She calls it beyond him.
(b) She calls it experimental.
(c) She calls it inspired.
(d) She calls it better than he can understand.

4. Emily wonders why people are afraid to let go of what?
(a) Their minds.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Their bodies.
(d) Their pets.

5. Where does Vinnie go to get help?
(a) To her father's study.
(b) No where, just to her room.
(c) To the neighbor's house.
(d) To Austin and Sue's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emily feel about what she hears from the professor?

2. What does Emily ask the professor when they finally meet?

3. Where does Emily say Helen is now living?

4. When did Austin bring the letter to the family about their father?

5. What does Emily think would be necessary for her family to stop crying over her father's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of flowers does Emily say she would want on her grave when she dies?

2. What funeral process does Emily describe for herself?

3. How does Emily describe spring?

4. What is Emily's father's job when Emily was 24 and where do they visit him?

5. What did Emily and her family wonder as Gilbert made his last declaration before dying?

6. After she fainted, Emily asks herself what about Gilbert's and her parents' graves?

7. When does Emily write?

8. What does Emily remind the audience about making her cake?

9. What is true about all of Emily's suitors?

10. What does Emily watch and then translate?

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