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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. Where does Emily welcome the audience?
(a) No where.
(b) Her sister's home.
(c) Amherst.
(d) The squire's home.

2. To which of the following categories did Emily belong?
(a) Group without hope.
(b) Converted Christians.
(c) Professed Christians.
(d) Group with hope.

3. Who was Mary Lyon?
(a) The woman Emily's father married.
(b) The woman who ran Emily's school.
(c) Emily's aunt.
(d) The woman Emily's brother dated.

4. What does Emily say the neighbors gossip about her and Lavinia?
(a) That they are tremendously spoiled.
(b) That they do not appreciate their neighbors.
(c) That they never leave the house.
(d) That they are spinisters.

5. Who does Emily say knows her better than anyone else?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Emily say she was happy not to return to Mount Holyoke?

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

3. Which of the following doesn't Emily say about herself?

4. What happened to all the girls who weren't hopeful?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What relationship did Emily have with Professor Higginson?

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

3. How long did Emily and Professor Higginson communicate and what happened to excite Emily?

4. How and when does Emily enjoy the circus?

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

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

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

8. How does Emily describe the orchard?

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

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

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