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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Emily believe in that she wishes could have been tested before her father?
(a) Reincarnation.
(b) Immortality.
(c) The existance of God.
(d) Life after death.

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

4. What does Emily tell Helen about being published?
(a) She is at peace with not being published.
(b) She has not written a good enough piece to be published.
(c) She doesn't trust any publisher anymore.
(d) She is still waiting for her meridian.

5. About what does Emily think will be some of the first things she will ask the professor?
(a) She will ask him how to improve her writing.
(b) She will ask him about his wife .
(c) She will ask him which story will be published.
(d) She will ask him about his own writing.

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

7. What animals did Emily's father keep?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Cats.
(c) Horses.
(d) Cows.

8. What does Emily take downstairs with her when she hears the professor's coach pull up?
(a) A copy of the letters he wrote to her.
(b) The sewing she was working on.
(c) Her sister's cat.
(d) Her whole box of poems.

9. Why did Vinnie become hysterical when the judge proposed to Emily?
(a) He was 18 years older than Emily.
(b) He Refused to let Emily see her family.
(c) He wanted Vinnie to marry him too.
(d) He wanted Emily to move to another town.

10. What does Helen believe is true about Emily's current attitude about being published?
(a) It is gluttonous.
(b) It is ambitious.
(c) It is selfish.
(d) It is egocentric.

11. What does Emily think would be necessary for her family to stop crying over her father's death?
(a) If they received a sign from him.
(b) If they could have seen his body before it was buried.
(c) If they had gotten to see him one last time.
(d) If they knew his father was aware of how they tend his grave.

12. What does Emily try to explain to Vinnie about the man?
(a) She wanted to meet him.
(b) She didn't know he was coming.
(c) She will not meet with the man.
(d) She planned to run away with him.

13. What does Emily reminisce about her father coming to?
(a) Her first publication party.
(b) Her poetry reading.
(c) Her wedding.
(d) Home for lunch.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Emily reveal the man's name?

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

3. When the time shifts to the garden, who comes to the house Emily?

4. What does Emily practice while she is waiting?

5. What is Vinnie afraid of?

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