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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Emily tires of talking about the serious subject of her parents and death, what does she wish to be?
(a) A stream of water.
(b) A tree.
(c) A blade of grass.
(d) A bird in the garden.

2. What animals did Emily's father keep?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Horses.
(c) Cows.
(d) Cats.

3. What is Emily waiting for at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Professor Higginson's arrival.
(b) Her brother's wife to have her baby.
(c) Her father's return to the house.
(d) Her first published poem.

4. What does Emily imagine she will compliment Professor Higginson about?
(a) His own writing skills.
(b) His humor and wit.
(c) His looks.
(d) His willingness to travel.

5. Where was the last place Emily saw her father?
(a) When she put him on the train.
(b) When she woke him up in the morning.
(c) When she sent him on a walk with Austin.
(d) When she went to the hospital.

6. How long after Emily's father died did her mother become ill?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 9 months.

7. Why can't Emily reveal the man's name?
(a) He is famous.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He is married.
(d) He required it.

8. How does Vinnie react?
(a) She screams.
(b) She faints.
(c) She makes the man leave.
(d) She hits Emily.

9. Why does Emily bring flowers to her father's grave?
(a) He doesn't have any gardens.
(b) He always loved Emily's flowers.
(c) She needs to do something to keep him alive.
(d) She wants to show him respect.

10. What does Emily ask the professor when they finally meet?
(a) Why he took so long to visit.
(b) Why he didn't publish her last poem.
(c) When he will be leaving.
(d) Where he will be staying.

11. What does Emily believe in that she wishes could have been tested before her father?
(a) Immortality.
(b) The existance of God.
(c) Reincarnation.
(d) Life after death.

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

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

14. What does Emily say about a publisher when talking to the professor?
(a) A publisher would recognize what she is doing.
(b) A publisher would realize the potential.
(c) A publisher would want to take a risk with her.
(d) A publisher would see the genius in her writing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Emily say Helen is now living?

2. How did Emily react when her mother died?

3. What does Emily practice while she is waiting?

4. What did Gilbert do when he was six with a friend?

5. What is Austin doing that Vinnie doesn't object to which Emily finds odd because of her self-righteousness?

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