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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Vinnie refuse to acknowledge that happened on the fourth of July?
(a) The death of the cat.
(b) Her mother's death.
(c) Austin's fight with Sue.
(d) A fire.

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

4. How does Emily describe the house now that just she and Vinnie live there?
(a) Empty.
(b) Happier.
(c) Too big.
(d) Quiet.

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. Who does Vinnie carry letters to for Austin?
(a) Helen.
(b) Abby Farley.
(c) Judge Lord.
(d) Professor Todd's wife.

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

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

12. Where is her father in Emily's mind?
(a) Visiting her mother.
(b) On a trip.
(c) In heaven.
(d) In a new house.

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

14. What advice does Emily give to the audience about their parents?
(a) To open up to their needs.
(b) To listen to their dreams.
(c) To hold on to them.
(d) To ignore them.

15. How does Emily describe the descendants of the birds her father saved?
(a) Resigned.
(b) Saddened.
(c) Content.
(d) Heartbroken.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emily say the world is when ones parents are gone?

2. What does Emily believe has happened to her existence?

3. What does Emily comment about not understanding the excitement around?

4. What does this person waiting for Emily in the library want?

5. Why did Vinnie become hysterical when the judge proposed to Emily?

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