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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What title did Emily hope to be crowned when she would be 17?
(a) Most Popular.
(b) Queen of the Ball.
(c) Poet of the Year.
(d) Belle of Amherst.

4. What does Emily worry about in regards to her brother Austin?
(a) She worries he will disown her.
(b) She worries she is causing him distress.
(c) She worries he is the target of her antics.
(d) She worries he believes she is losing her mind.

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

6. What gift does Austin's father give him?
(a) A briefcase.
(b) A wife.
(c) A business.
(d) A house.

7. What does Emily say her neighbors do to try and get a look at her?
(a) Harass other members of her family.
(b) Invite themselves to dinner.
(c) Bring gifts to her door.
(d) Send invitations to her father.

8. How many classifications did Mary Lyon have for her students?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

9. What were the girls who weren't hopeful told to bring with them?
(a) School books.
(b) Bible.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

10. Which of the following is the best synonym for the term impenitent?
(a) Unrepentant.
(b) Unsurprised.
(c) Remorseful.
(d) Shameful.

11. What did Emily believe would happen if Austin did not turn around to see her as he was leaving in the coach?
(a) She would never see him again.
(b) She would have a bad semester.
(c) He would return home later than normal.
(d) He would not earn good grades.

12. What does Emily leave with the cakes she bakes for her neighbors?
(a) Pictures of herself.
(b) Codes.
(c) Little notes.
(d) The recipes.

13. Which of the following doesn't Emily say about herself?
(a) She refuses to apologize to Miss Lyon.
(b) She does not desire to be good.
(c) She doesn't want to please her parents.
(d) She was persuaded to become a Christian.

14. What does Emily says her friend Helen Jackson is?
(a) A of words.
(b) A defender of facts.
(c) A poet beyond words.
(d) A wordsmith.

15. Who was Mary Lyon?
(a) The woman Emily's father married.
(b) The woman Emily's brother dated.
(c) The woman who ran Emily's school.
(d) Emily's aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emily ask from the audience?

2. How old is Emily when she argues with Austin over Valentines?

3. How does Emily feel about the fact that she confounds her neighbors?

4. About how old was Emily when Austin finished law school?

5. What title does Emily's father hold?

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