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"A Rose for Emily" -William Faulkner (Reading quiz)

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The story begins by informing the reader that…

a)

Emily has killed Homer

b)

Emily has died

c)

Emily’s father has died

d)

Emily bought poison

2.

The narrator of the story is…

a)

Tobe, Emily’s servant

b)

Emily Grierson

c)

A townsperson

d)

Colonel Sartoris

3.
What caused the smell around Emily's house?
a)
a dead animal
b)
the trash piled outside and around the home
c)
Emily's dead body
d)
Homer's rotting corpse
4.
What do the town members finally do about "the smell"?
a)
they cleaned her house for her
b)
Judge Stevens made her move out
c)
sprinkle lime around and in her house
d)
Tobe, her servant, stopped killing rats in the yard.
5.
What is the name of Miss Emily's love interest?
a)
Homer Simpson
b)
Homer Illiad
c)
Homer Barron
d)
Homer Odyssey
6.
What does the narrator find on the pillow at the end of the short story? 
a)
A gray hair 
b)
A rose
c)
A handkerchief 
d)
Her father's watch
7.

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

a)

To show respect for a fallen monument

b)

Out of obligation

c)

Out of curiosity to see the inside of her house

d)

Most women do not attend funerals

8.

Emily’s relationship with her father was strained by the fact that...

a)

he drove away all her suitors.

b)

he forced her to study Greek and Latin.

c)

he divorced her mother in order to marry his mistress.

d)

he cross-dressed

9.

Why did the four men cross into Miss Emily's yard after midnight?

a)

To clean the inside of her house due to the smell.

b)

To rob her house.

c)

To sprinkle lime in the cellar and outbuildings due to the smell.

d)

To see for themselves if the rumor about the smell was true.

10.

How did Emily originally act when her father died?

a)

She left on vacation.

b)

She refused to acknowledge her father's death.

c)

She was stricken with grief.

d)

She went to the town for support.

11.

What did Miss Emily claim the poison was for?

a)

Rats.

b)

Insects.

c)

Elephants.

d)

She refused to say.

12.

Why didn't Homer marry Emily?

a)

He was a Northerner

b)

The towns people did not approve of Homer

c)

Her father did not approve of Homer

d)

He liked men

13.
The image of the gray hair on the pillow is significant because - 
a)
It proves that Miss Emily was getting old.
b)
It suggests that Emily slept next to Homer’s dead body.
c)
It shows that Emily is losing her hair due to the stress in her life.
d)
It draws the reader closer to the mystery of Miss Emily’s servant.
14.
What did the townspeople think Miss Emily was going to do with the poison?
a)
Kill rats
b)
Kill herself
c)
Kill her servant, Tobe
d)
Kill her cousins
15.
Why did the townspeople think that Emily and Homer got married?
a)
He proposed to her at a town meeting
b)
She bought him a nightshirt and a toiletry set
c)
He moved in with her
d)
She moved away to be with him
16.

The word cuckold means

a)

a form of entertainment.

b)

a husband of an adulterous wife.

c)

a wife of an adulterous husband.

d)

a child born out of wedlock.