Why do most women in the town go to Miss Emily's funeral?

Out of curiosity to see the inside of her house

To show respect for a fallen monument

Most women do not attend funerals

Why do most of the men in town go to Miss Emily's funeral?

To show respect for a fallen monument

Out of curiosity to see the inside of her house

Most men do not attend funerals

According to Emily, why was she not obliged to pay taxes.

Her father had loaned money to the town, so it was their way of repaying the loan

How did Emily originally act when her father died?

She refused to acknowledge her father's death

She went to the town for support

Why didn't Homer marry Emily?

He liked men, it was known that he drank with the younger men at the Elk's Club, and he was not the marrying type

He was a Northerner and it was not appropriate to marry a Southern girl

The towns people did not approve of Homer

Her father did not approve of Homer

What was found on the bed

Homer's rotten corpse and a strand of iron gray hair

Emily's father's rotten corpse and an engrave night shirt

Tobe's rotten corpse and a strand of iron gray hair

Colonel Satoris' remains and a strand of iron gray hair

The indentation on the pillow suggests that

Emily slept in the bed for many years

It was Tobe's sleeping quarters

The cousins had a resided there

There is no significance to this

What is the point of view?

1st person plural by a narrator in the story.

3rd person by a narrator in the story.

Which of the following passages provide clues to the historical setting? Select all that apply.

"The little boys would follow in groups to hear him cuss the niggers."

"On Sunday afternoon in the glittering buggy, Miss Emily" rode with Homer Barron.

"When the town got free postal delivery, Miss Emily alone refused."

"it was a big squarish frame house"

"alive Miss Emily had been a tradition"

Which of the following best summarizes how Emily's father's actions affected her life choices.

He restricted her societal interactions

He restrained himself from comment.

He permeated the household with war memorabilia.

He bemoaned the loss of Emily's mother

Which of the following items foreshadow the macabre death at the end? Select all that apply.

The smell coming from the house.

The buggy she and Homer travel in.

Miss Emily struggles with letting go of the past. Which of the following best symbolizes her refusal to move on and change with the new century? Check all that apply.

Murdering her "one true love" to have him preserved forever.

The picture of her father in the parlor

The development of the new streets

Read the following lines from the story. Select the one that uses figurative language.

Four men crossed Miss Emily's lawn and slunk about the house like burglars.

So they were not surprised when the smell developed.

The old people said, "Poor Emily".

Miss Emily stared at him, her head tilted back so she could look him in the eye.

A Rose for Emily

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What caused the smell around Emily's house?

a dead animal

the trash piled outside and around the home

Emily's dead body

Homer's rotting corpse

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

he was too good looking for her

he was a Yankee

he was a construction worker

he was a bachelor

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CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

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A Rose for Emily

What caused the smell around Emily's house?

What do the town members finally do about "the smell"?

What does Miss Emily purchase from the druggist?

What did the townspeople think Miss Emily was going to do with the poison?

What change took place in Miss Emily's relationship with the town for a period of several years when Miss Emily was in her forties?

What is the name of Miss Emily's love interest?

Why did the townspeople disapprove of Miss Emily's relationship with Homer?

What does the narrator find on the pillow at the end of the short story?

Why do most women in the town go to Miss Emily's funeral?

Why do most of the men in town go to Miss Emily's funeral?

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