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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emily admit about all the things she does?
(a) She uses them as research.
(b) She does them on purpose.
(c) She doesn't understand why it bothers people.
(d) She cannot help what she does.

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

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

4. Emily feels that loving the way she does is what?
(a) Surprising and energizing.
(b) Natural and freeing.
(c) Dangerous and unnatural.
(d) Upsetting and depressing.

5. How does Emily prefer to introduce herself?
(a) By her family name.
(b) As a woman.
(c) As a poet.
(d) As a resident of Amherst.

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

7. Which of the following is something that Emily does sometimes which surprises her neighbors?
(a) Leaves poems taped to the front door.
(b) Answers the door herself.
(c) Moves the curtains.
(d) Walks out into the yard and waves to them.

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

9. What does Emily do all of in her home?
(a) Singing.
(b) Decorating.
(c) Reading.
(d) Baking.

10. What does Emily say is her entire life?
(a) Her family.
(b) Amherst.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Words.

11. Which of the following is how Emily describes the path between the two houses?
(a) Just wide enough for 2 lovers.
(b) Narrow enough to pass items across the windows.
(c) So close one could hear the happenings in the other house.
(d) Barely wide enough to walk through.

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

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

14. What is Emily carrying as she enters the stage for the first time?
(a) Pen and paper.
(b) A doll.
(c) Teapot.
(d) Book of poems.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who used the path more than anyone else?

2. How does Emily treat words?

3. Why did Emily's father indicate he wanted Emily to stay home?

4. How is Emily known in Amherst?

5. How old was Emily when she left her father for the first time?

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