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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. What is the name of the cake?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Chocolate.

2. What does Emily leave with the cakes she bakes for her neighbors?
(a) Pictures of herself.
(b) Little notes.
(c) Codes.
(d) The recipes.

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

4. Emily states that just because she is a poem doesn't mean what?
(a) That she shouldn't write poetry.
(b) That writing poems comes easily to her.
(c) That poetry flows out of her.
(d) That she will be a good poet.

5. At what age did Emily believe she would be very popular?
(a) 25.
(b) 11.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. Emily feels that loving the way she does is what?

2. How many classifications did Mary Lyon have for her students?

3. What does Emily worry about in regards to her brother Austin?

4. How old is Emily when she argues with Austin over Valentines?

5. What does Emily say is her entire life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Emily feel her published poems will bring?

2. What does Emily do when she meets with Mr. Billings and how does he respond?

3. What would Emily's father do that would floor Emily?

4. How does Emily feel about Jennie after the death of her mother and what are Emily's views on death?

5. How do Emily's and Lavinia's views of autumn in New England differ?

6. How does Emily tell the audience that she and Lavinia spend their evenings?

7. How does Emily describe the house and her garden?

8. What two emotions did Emily feel about Professor Higginson's visit and what caused her fear?

9. What relationship did Emily have with Professor Higginson?

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

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