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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the girls wasn't Mary Lyon able to convert?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

2. Why does Emily say that she no longer uses her middle name?
(a) She is a poet.
(b) She has legally changed her name.
(c) She is afraid people will confuse her with her aunt.
(d) She does not like it.

3. Why did Emily's father indicate he wanted Emily to stay home?
(a) For the sake of the family.
(b) For her health.
(c) For his health.
(d) For her own beliefs.

4. What does Emily believe it is her business to do?
(a) Wait.
(b) Love.
(c) Show.
(d) Desire.

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

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

7. Which of the following was not one of Mary Lyon's classifications for students?
(a) Converted Christians.
(b) Group with hope.
(c) Professed Christians.
(d) Group without hope.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Which of the following is a good description of Emily?
(a) Abrupt.
(b) Delicate.
(c) Obese.
(d) Reserved.

15. Why does Emily think that her father wanted her to stay home?
(a) For her health.
(b) He was lonely.
(c) He needed her to care for him.
(d) To write her poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Emily's middle name?

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

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

4. Where does Emily welcome the audience?

5. To what does Emily tell Miss Lyon she is not attracted?

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