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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Emily reminisce about her father coming to?
(a) Her poetry reading.
(b) Her first publication party.
(c) Her wedding.
(d) Home for lunch.

4. What did Gilbert do when he was six with a friend?
(a) Put on an animal show on the front lawn.
(b) Planned his first trip away from Amherst.
(c) Write his first poem.
(d) Make a lemonade stand.

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

6. Why did Vinnie become hysterical when the judge proposed to Emily?
(a) He was 18 years older than Emily.
(b) He wanted Vinnie to marry him too.
(c) He wanted Emily to move to another town.
(d) He Refused to let Emily see her family.

7. Where does Vinnie go to get help?
(a) To Austin and Sue's house.
(b) To the neighbor's house.
(c) To her father's study.
(d) No where, just to her room.

8. What does the town gossip say about Vinnie in relation to marriage?
(a) That she has never been with a man and prefers women.
(b) That she gave up marriage to take care of Emily.
(c) That her father forbid her to be married.
(d) That she was married and killed her husband.

9. What does Emily take downstairs with her when she hears the professor's coach pull up?
(a) A copy of the letters he wrote to her.
(b) Her sister's cat.
(c) Her whole box of poems.
(d) The sewing she was working on.

10. What does Emily believe happened to the poems she sent to Professor Higginson?
(a) They are in a dusty drawer somewhere.
(b) They went directly to the trash can.
(c) They were sent to another publisher.
(d) They have been burned.

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

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

13. Emily wonders why people are afraid to let go of what?
(a) Their minds.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Their bodies.
(d) Their pets.

14. What is Austin doing that Vinnie doesn't object to which Emily finds odd because of her self-righteousness?
(a) Having an affair.
(b) Living in a different house.
(c) Working outside of the home.
(d) Moving away from Amherst.

15. What does Emily believe has happened to her existence?
(a) It has be redefined.
(b) It has opened.
(c) It has blossomed.
(d) It has stopped.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emily ask the professor when they finally meet?

2. What does Emily believe about the birds who now live in her garden?

3. Which of the following is the best synonym for the word deride?

4. How does Emily say she spends her days?

5. What did Gilbert equate with his home?

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