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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 Gilbert equate with his home?
(a) His school.
(b) The garden.
(c) His friend's house.
(d) Emily's house.

2. Why doesn't Vinnie get to go visit her father?
(a) She did not want to see her father in such poor health.
(b) Emily has told her not to go at this time.
(c) They get word he died before she can go.
(d) She is afraid to travel away from Amherst.

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

4. How does Emily feel about what she hears from the professor?
(a) She stroms out of the room before he can finish.
(b) She becomes mute.
(c) She becomes angry.
(d) She doesn't believe it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What state does Emily indicate the house was in when her father was alive?

2. What does Helen believe is true about Emily's current attitude about being published?

3. What was Gilbert's last declaration?

4. What is Emily doing as she is waiting?

5. Emily wonders why people are afraid to let go of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Emily describe spring?

2. What does Emily tell the audience about her heart and about why Wadsworth won't visit again?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. When does Emily write?

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