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

2. What does Emily comment about not understanding the excitement around?
(a) Founding a college.
(b) Mona Lisa painting.
(c) Winters in Vermont.
(d) Visitng Europe.

3. What happened to Gilbert?
(a) He went on to become a rider.
(b) He moved in with Emily and Vinnie.
(c) He moved to another city.
(d) He died of typhoid.

4. How does Emily say the world is when ones parents are gone?
(a) Sad but exciting.
(b) Full of relief.
(c) Long and filled with tradegy.
(d) Strange and lonely.

5. How did Emily come to realize that her life would change and that her father was ill?
(a) Her father called her to tell her himself.
(b) She had a vision while she was sleeping.
(c) She could tell by the look on Austin's face.
(d) Vinnie breaks the news to Emily.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Austin bring the letter to the family about their father?

2. About what does Emily think will be some of the first things she will ask the professor?

3. What does Emily believe happened to the poems she sent to Professor Higginson?

4. Who was the other poet that Mr. Higginson crushed?

5. What does Emily ask the professor when they finally meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. After talking about Gilbert, what does Emily talk about that seems like random thoughts?

2. How many times did Emily speak to Wadsworth and when did they occur?

3. How does Emily describe spring?

4. What funeral process does Emily describe for herself?

5. What did Emily and her family wonder as Gilbert made his last declaration before dying?

6. What does Emily say about herself when the audience is shocked after learning about her suitors?

7. What compliment does Emily give to the audience before she leaves?

8. What does Emily tell Vinnie when Vinnie tells her not to talk about her own death?

9. What does Emily remind the audience about making her cake?

10. What did one of Emily's friends write in his last letter to her before he died?

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