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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can Emily tell a poem?
(a) When she can no longer stand to read it.
(b) When she has found the perfect words.
(c) When others understand it.
(d) When she has a physical reaction to it.

2. From where did Emily get her middle name?
(a) From her father's sister.
(b) From her mother.
(c) From her mother's sister.
(d) From her father's best friend.

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

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

5. What does Emily offer to the audience?
(a) Cake slices.
(b) To read one of her poems.
(c) Tea cups.
(d) Copies of her poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Sue causes Emily to feel the way she does?

2. What does Emily admit about all the things she does?

3. How many of the girls wasn't Mary Lyon able to convert?

4. What does Emily believe it is her business to do?

5. What does Emily say that the residents of Amherst provide her?

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