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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Emily and her mother become close?
(a) When Vinnnie moved out of the house.
(b) When she was a child.
(c) When her father died.
(d) When she had the stroke.

3. How does Emily feel about the professor's reaction?
(a) She is crushed.
(b) She is relieved.
(c) She is angered.
(d) She is ashamed.

4. What is Emily doing as she is waiting?
(a) Writing a new poem.
(b) Sewing together a book.
(c) Making dress.
(d) Reading to her sister.

5. What does Emily practice while she is waiting?
(a) She practices meeting him.
(b) She practices writing poems.
(c) She practices her sewing techniques.
(d) She practices bowing.

6. What did Emily do the afternoon of the day her father died?
(a) She spent the afternoon with her brother's wife.
(b) She spent the entire afternoon with him.
(c) She spent the afternoon in her room writing.
(d) She spent the afternoon with her lover.

7. What advice does Emily give to the audience about their parents?
(a) To ignore them.
(b) To hold on to them.
(c) To open up to their needs.
(d) To listen to their dreams.

8. How does Vinnie react?
(a) She screams.
(b) She makes the man leave.
(c) She hits Emily.
(d) She faints.

9. Where is her father in Emily's mind?
(a) In heaven.
(b) On a trip.
(c) Visiting her mother.
(d) In a new house.

10. 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 had gotten to see him one last time.
(c) If they could have seen his body before it was buried.
(d) If they knew his father was aware of how they tend his grave.

11. Why doesn't Emily try to make conversation with Professor Higginson?
(a) She is afraid of the man in person.
(b) Her father is watching over the meeting.
(c) She doesn't understand him.
(d) Her mind is only on publication.

12. How does Emily believe Vinnie feels about marriage?
(a) She feels life has cheated her.
(b) She regrets not being married.
(c) She is angry that her beau married another.
(d) She is at peace with her life.

13. What does Emily believe she was being when she wanted to be famous?
(a) Selfish.
(b) Egocentric.
(c) Gluttonous.
(d) Ambitious.

14. What does Emily do with the man?
(a) She refuses to meat with him.
(b) She sends him away.
(c) She asks him to wait for her.
(d) She leaves with him.

15. How long after Emily's father died did her mother become ill?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Emily think will be some of the first things she will ask the professor?

2. What realization does Emily come to about how the professor feels about her writing?

3. How does Emily try to defend her writing?

4. How does Emily say she spends her days?

5. How does Vinnie treat Emily since their father died?

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