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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Emily treat words?
(a) As if they hold the key to life.
(b) As if they do not speak to everyone.
(c) As if they are their own entities.
(d) As if they are mysterious.

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

3. How many classifications did Mary Lyon have for her students?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

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

5. What word does Emily use that she feels the need to write down?
(a) Phosphorescence.
(b) Scholar.
(c) Genius.
(d) Superfluous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the girls who weren't hopeful told to bring with them?

2. Which group did Mary Lyon attempt to convert?

3. What does Emily say is her entire life?

4. What does Emily say her neighbors do to try and get a look at her?

5. Who does Emily say knows her better than anyone else?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Emily indicate is the highest form of art?

2. What does Emily find amusing about her upcoming school year during the flashback?

3. How old was Emily when she learned to tell time and what did the clock stopping mean to Emily?

4. What type of stories does Lavinia want to hear the most and what does she want to know about those stories?

5. What relationship did Emily have with Professor Higginson?

6. What does Emily do that openly challenges Mr. Crowell's order?

7. How does Emily describe the orchard?

8. How does Vinnie feel about Emily and how does this relate to how Emily's father feels about her?

9. How and when does Emily enjoy the circus?

10. How does Emily say her mother felt about her?

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