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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 did Emily tell the audience that she had done anonymously?
(a) She had her name changed anonymously.
(b) She moved to a new location anonymously.
(c) She had recipes published anonymously.
(d) She had several poems published anonymously.

2. What doesn't Emily understand about religion?
(a) Why it takes so long.
(b) Why everyone follows it.
(c) Why it is so grim.
(d) Why it has so many rituals.

3. What is Emily carrying as she enters the stage for the first time?
(a) Teapot.
(b) Pen and paper.
(c) A doll.
(d) Book of poems.

4. How does Emily describe the Bible?
(a) As an arid book.
(b) As a book of lies.
(c) A book with no merry sections.
(d) A book that is never wise.

5. Why does Emily say that she no longer uses her middle name?
(a) She has legally changed her name.
(b) She is afraid people will confuse her with her aunt.
(c) She does not like it.
(d) She is a poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how old was Emily when Austin finished law school?

2. What did Emily always do when it was time for Austin to leave?

3. How does Emily think her father felt about Austin?

4. What does Emily say phosphorescence gives poetry?

5. What do Emily's neighbors compare to decide who received the strangest?

Short Essay Questions

1. During Emily's flashback to her teenage years, what does Mr. Crowell ask the class to do and how does Emily respond?

2. What did Emily and some of the other girls at her school form and what was the first thing they were going to do?

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

4. Why does Emily get rid of all of her drafts?

5. What relationship did Emily have with Professor Higginson?

6. What information does Emily share about Vinne and his cat?

7. About what does reading the story about the train accident remind Emily?

8. What was it very difficult to do in relation to Emily's father and why was he the only member of the family allowed to do?

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

10. What is Emily's rationale for not wanting to cross out passages?

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