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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Emily characterize the relationship between Austin and their father?
(a) Tight.
(b) Energetic.
(c) Antagonistic.
(d) Strange.

2. What about Sue causes Emily to feel the way she does?
(a) Sue understands Emily's need to write.
(b) Sue shows her affection for their father.
(c) Sue loves Austin as Emily does.
(d) Sue is able to stand up for herself.

3. Who used the path more than anyone else?
(a) Austin and his father.
(b) Emily and Austin.
(c) Emily and Sue.
(d) Emily and her father.

4. Which of the following animals did Emily say Mary Lyon was like?
(a) Cat.
(b) Butterfly.
(c) Bear.
(d) Dragon.

5. Where did Austin live once he graduated?
(a) In the room he grew up in.
(b) In the town where he went to law school.
(c) As far away from his father as possible.
(d) Next door to his father.

6. Emily feels that loving the way she does is what?
(a) Dangerous and unnatural.
(b) Surprising and energizing.
(c) Natural and freeing.
(d) Upsetting and depressing.

7. In what year did Emily leave her father for the first time?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1847.
(d) 1898.

8. How is Emily known in Amherst?
(a) Little Libby.
(b) Quiet writing girl.
(c) Poet extraordinare.
(d) Half cracked daughter.

9. Why does Emily indicate she might be frightened?
(a) She doesn't like the spotlight.
(b) She heard a strange noise off stage.
(c) She was just had a visitor that left her unsettled
(d) She is not used to strangers.

10. What does Emily worry about in regards to her brother Austin?
(a) She worries he is the target of her antics.
(b) She worries she is causing him distress.
(c) She worries he will disown her.
(d) She worries he believes she is losing her mind.

11. How many classifications did Mary Lyon have for her students?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

12. Which of the following is an accurate description of how Emily refers to her father's sister?
(a) The only female relative who wished to become a male.
(b) The only male on the female side of the relatives.
(c) The only male relative to become a female.
(d) The only female who can take on the male relatives.

13. What were the girls who weren't hopeful told to bring with them?
(a) School books.
(b) Money.
(c) Bible.
(d) Food.

14. Which group did Mary Lyon attempt to convert?
(a) Converted Christians.
(b) Group with hope.
(c) Professed Christians.
(d) Group without hope.

15. What title does Emily's father hold?
(a) Squire.
(b) Sir.
(c) Knight.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emily say has happened to the path?

2. What does Emily say is her entire life?

3. What word does Emily use that she feels the need to write down?

4. Emily states that just because she is a poem doesn't mean what?

5. What did Emily always do when it was time for Austin to leave?

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