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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emily ask from the audience?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Patience.

2. What does the town gossip say about Vinnie in relation to marriage?
(a) That her father forbid her to be married.
(b) That she has never been with a man and prefers women.
(c) That she was married and killed her husband.
(d) That she gave up marriage to take care of Emily.

3. What does Emily do with the man?
(a) She asks him to wait for her.
(b) She refuses to meat with him.
(c) She leaves with him.
(d) She sends him away.

4. Why doesn't Emily try to make conversation with Professor Higginson?
(a) Her mind is only on publication.
(b) She is afraid of the man in person.
(c) She doesn't understand him.
(d) Her father is watching over the meeting.

5. How does Emily believe Vinnie feels about marriage?
(a) She is at peace with her life.
(b) She feels life has cheated her.
(c) She regrets not being married.
(d) She is angry that her beau married another.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the topic of the poem Emily relates after she talks about why people are afraid to let go?

2. What does Emily try to explain to Vinnie about the man?

3. Why did Emily's father hide himself as he fed the birds?

4. Who missed Austin the most while he was at school?

5. How does Emily say the world is when ones parents are gone?

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