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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emily say has happened to the path?
(a) It is immaculately maintained.
(b) It is overgrown from disuse.
(c) It is full of her gardens.
(d) It was replaced by a fence.

2. What does Emily say is her entire life?
(a) Words.
(b) Her family.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Amherst.

3. Which of the following is how Emily describes the path between the two houses?
(a) So close one could hear the happenings in the other house.
(b) Just wide enough for 2 lovers.
(c) Narrow enough to pass items across the windows.
(d) Barely wide enough to walk through.

4. What does Emily take downstairs with her when she hears the professor's coach pull up?
(a) The sewing she was working on.
(b) A copy of the letters he wrote to her.
(c) Her whole box of poems.
(d) Her sister's cat.

5. What happened to Emily when her father would say "I say unto you?"
(a) She would faint.
(b) She would get chills.
(c) She would take a deep breath.
(d) She would light a candle.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Emily say knows her better than anyone else?

4. What happened to all the girls who weren't hopeful?

5. What did Emily always do when it was time for Austin to leave?

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