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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Emily decide to stop attending church?
(a) When she was finished with school.
(b) When her father died.
(c) When she was 30.
(d) When her brother moved out.

2. Which neighbor does Emily find intimidating?
(a) Henrietta.
(b) Lavinia.
(c) Edward.
(d) Elizabeth.

3. Why does Emily indicate she might be frightened?
(a) She is not used to strangers.
(b) She was just had a visitor that left her unsettled
(c) She heard a strange noise off stage.
(d) She doesn't like the spotlight.

4. What does Emily say the neighbors gossip about her and Lavinia?
(a) That they never leave the house.
(b) That they are tremendously spoiled.
(c) That they do not appreciate their neighbors.
(d) That they are spinisters.

5. What does Emily believe her father's gift to Austin was described to do?
(a) Tie Austin to his father forever.
(b) Ensure the family was never apart.
(c) Keep Austin close to home.
(d) Help provide for Austin and his new bride.

6. What does Emily say that she must always do as a poet?
(a) Respect the reader.
(b) Have patience.
(c) Choose the best words.
(d) Understand the needs of others.

7. How did Austin and his father act when they were together?
(a) As if the other did not exist.
(b) They would refuse to talk to each other.
(c) They would fight.
(d) As if they were best friends.

8. What happened to all the girls who weren't hopeful?
(a) They were made to go to church.
(b) They were invited to a meeting room.
(c) They were given extra classes.
(d) They were expelled from the school.

9. What title does Emily's father hold?
(a) Squire.
(b) None.
(c) Knight.
(d) Sir.

10. What had Emily done that has stumped her neighbors?
(a) She hasn't left the house for years.
(b) She hasn't talked to her father in years.
(c) She has refused to talk to anyone in years.
(d) She hasn't shared any of her writing in years.

11. Which of the following is an accurate description of how Emily refers to her father's sister?
(a) The only male on the female side of the relatives.
(b) The only male relative to become a female.
(c) The only female relative who wished to become a male.
(d) The only female who can take on the male relatives.

12. Which of the following best describes Emily's childhood?
(a) Cut short.
(b) Bizarre.
(c) Abusive.
(d) Normal.

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

14. What does Emily do to encourage her neighbors' curiosity?
(a) Peeks at the neighbors through their windows.
(b) Sends her neighbors poems through the mail.
(c) Hides behind hats and veils.
(d) Runs through the house.

15. What does Emily say has happened to the notes she has sent to her neighbors?
(a) They have been published in magazines.
(b) They have been sold to others.
(c) They have been returned to her.
(d) They have become collector's items in the village.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is unique about the cake?

3. Why does Emily say that she wears white all of the time?

4. What is Emily carrying as she enters the stage for the first time?

5. What does Emily offer to the audience?

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