A Rose for Emily Quiz

What is the significance of Miss Emily's statement, "I have no taxes in Jefferson"?

Who explained to Miss Emily that she had no taxes in Jefferson?

• Colonel Sartoris

• The sheriff

• The mayor

• Judge Stevens

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How long had Colonel Sartoris been dead when Miss Emily mentioned him?

• Five years

• Ten years

• Fifteen years

• Twenty years

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why did Miss Emily not ask the visitors to sit?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What did the ladies say about the Negro man?

• He was a good cook

• He could not keep a kitchen properly

• He was very polite

• He was very lazy

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What was the only sign of life about the place after Miss Emily's sweetheart went away?

Who complained to the mayor about the smell?

• A neighbor, a woman

• Miss Emily

• The Negro man

• Colonel Sartoris

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CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

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CCSS.RL.4.4

How old was Judge Stevens when the neighbor complained to him?

• Seventy years old

• Eighty years old

• Ninety years old

• Sixty years old

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What did the neighbor suggest the mayor do about the smell?

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CCSS.RI.2.1

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why did Miss Emily buy arsenic from the druggist?

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6