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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. Who does want to publish Emily's work?
(a) Professor Higginson.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Sue.
(d) Helen.

2. In her vision what does Emily tell her mother to do before her father arrives for lunch?
(a) Take the handkerchief from her head.
(b) Go find his slippers and paper.
(c) Hide the mop and bucket.
(d) Take Buffy off of the chair.

3. What did Emily's rye and Indian bread win?
(a) 3rd place.
(b) Honorable mention.
(c) 1st place.
(d) 2nd place.

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

5. What does Emily offer to Professor HIgginson?
(a) Many more poems.
(b) A slice of her cake.
(c) A place to stay.
(d) A glass of lemonade.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many nephews does Emily have?

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

3. What did Gilbert equate with his home?

4. What doesn't Emily understand about Vinnie?

5. What does Emily practice while she is waiting?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Emily write?

2. What does Emily tell Wadsworth on his last visit to Amherst?

3. What funeral process does Emily describe for herself?

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

5. With what does Emily tell the audience that she promised to help Vinnie?

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

7. Who disapproved of Emily and the judge and who caused more problems?

8. After she fainted, Emily asks herself what about Gilbert's and her parents' graves?

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

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

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