2. What was Gilbert's last declaration?
(a) To help him find his grandpa and grandma.
(b) To open the door to those who were waiting for him.
(c) To let him go in peace.
(d) To help him to hang on to see another day.

3. Which of the following is the best synonym for the word deride?
(a) Ridicule.
(b) Open up.
(c) Approve.
(d) Redirect.

4. How does Emily say the world is when ones parents are gone?
(a) Full of relief.
(b) Strange and lonely.
(c) Long and filled with tradegy.
(d) Sad but exciting.

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

6. How does Emily feel about what she hears from the professor?
(a) She stroms out of the room before he can finish.
(b) She becomes mute.
(c) She becomes angry.
(d) She doesn't believe it.

7. How does Emily feel about the boy that ran away from Amherst?
(a) She thinks it is wonderful.
(b) She thinks it is surprising.
(c) She thinks it is shocking.
(d) She thinks it is awful.

8. What does Professor HIgginson say about Emily's poetry?
(a) Her writing is uninventive.
(b) Her meter is spasmodic and uncontrolled.
(c) Her poetry lacks depth and meaning.
(d) Her choice of topics is confusing and dated.

9. How does Emily say she spends her days?
(a) Trying to write about her feelings at this time.
(b) Sitting and watching the birds.
(c) Wondering where her father is.
(d) Waiting for her father to return.

10. What realization does Emily come to about how the professor feels about her writing?
(a) She comes to understand that he doesn't think she's good enough.
(b) She comes to understnad that he needs to be convinced.
(c) She comes to understand that he needs encouragment.
(d) She comes to understand that he is holding back.

11. How does Vinnie treat Emily since their father died?
(a) Like a child.
(b) Like her father.
(c) As if she doesn't exist.
(d) Like her mother.

12. Why did Emily's father hide himself as he fed the birds?
(a) He wasn't dressed properly for the weather.
(b) He didn't want to scare them away.
(c) He didn't want them to be embarrassed.
(d) He didn't want the neighbors to see him.

13. What does Emily comment about not understanding the excitement around?
(a) Mona Lisa painting.
(b) Founding a college.
(c) Winters in Vermont.
(d) Visitng Europe.

14. What does Emily deride herself for thinking?
(a) That she would become famous.
(b) That she was a poet.
(c) That she could leave her house.
(d) That Professor Higginson liked her.

15. What did Gilbert equate with his home?
(a) The garden.
(b) His friend's house.
(c) Emily's house.
(d) His school.