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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 does this person waiting for Emily in the library want?
(a) To talk to her father.
(b) To marry Vinnie.
(c) To publish Emily's poem.
(d) To marry Emily.

2. What is the topic of the poem Emily relates after she talks about why people are afraid to let go?
(a) Her body's machinery.
(b) The birds in the garden.
(c) Death and the process of dying.
(d) The impact of nature.

3. Who was the other poet that Mr. Higginson crushed?
(a) Browning.
(b) Frost.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Poe.

4. What did Gilbert do when he was six with a friend?
(a) Make a lemonade stand.
(b) Put on an animal show on the front lawn.
(c) Planned his first trip away from Amherst.
(d) Write his first poem.

5. Where does Vinnie go to get help?
(a) No where, just to her room.
(b) To Austin and Sue's house.
(c) To her father's study.
(d) To the neighbor's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Emily's mother when she became ill?

2. What did Emily do the afternoon of the day her father died?

3. Why did Emily's father hide himself as he fed the birds?

4. How does Emily describe the house now that just she and Vinnie live there?

5. What does Emily confide in the audience about being famous?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Emily write as much poetry as she used to?

2. What does Emily call death and life?

3. What kind of flowers does Emily say she would want on her grave when she dies?

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

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

6. What does Emily promise to give to the audience the next time they visit?

7. What is Emily's father's job when Emily was 24 and where do they visit him?

8. Who is Emily's only one true love?

9. What funeral process does Emily describe for herself?

10. What happened to Emily about eight weeks ago?

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