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WorksheetsA Rose for Emily
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
Why does the Board of Aldermen send a delegation to Miss Emily’s home?
to buy china
to take china painting lessons
To collect taxes
to ask Miss Emily about the smell
What does the term “august” most closely mean as it is used in paragraph 2?
It refers to low class or status.
It refers to respected or higher status.
It figuratively refers to Augustus, the first Roman emperor.
It figuratively refers to the end of summer (i.e. declining, end of an era).
In paragraph 5, the narrator describes Miss Emily’s living room. What does this setting reveal about Miss Emily?
Miss Emily has a servant and lives in a posh, well-cared-for home.
Even though she is regarded as a high-class lady, she lives in squalor and poverty.
Since Miss Emily is a high-class lady, her servant has helped her maintain her home.
Even though she is regarded as an important lady in town, someone has destroyed her house and ruined her furniture.
What can you infer out of this quote
"And now Miss Emily had gone to join the representatives of those august names where they lay in the cedar-bemused cemetery among the ranked and anonymous graves of Union and Confederate soldiers who fell at the battle of Jefferson."
Miss Emily went to visit the soldiers
Miss Emily had passed away.
Miss Emily had invited the soldiers for china painting lessons
Which of the following images best serves as foreshadowing in the passage?
the servant
the strand of hair
the dust in Miss Emily’s home
the smell coming from Miss Emily’s home
Right after Homer Barron disappears from town, we read this paragraph. Why does this paragraph become important at the end of the story?
It reveals why Homer Barton falls in love with her: because he loves gray hair.
It helps develop the idea that Miss Emily is growing older and weaker.
It helps create shock at the end of the story when a gray hair is found on the pillow.
It supports the idea that the townspeople are driving her crazy, causing her hair to gray early.
Which of the following best identifies two most important themes of the text?
prejudice and race
betrayal and revenge
heartbreak and new love
death and learning to live again
Which statement BEST represents how the townspeople feel about Miss Emily?
They resent her and enjoy gossiping about her.
They mock her and laugh about her at their meetings.
They feel sorry for her and visit her often to keep her company.
They simply ignore her.
He was old enough to be her father
He clearly only wanted Emily's money
He is far too young for Miss Emily
He is from a lower social class than she is
The townspeople thought Emily had married Homer Barron when __________.
she was seen with him in his buggy
he was seen entering her house
her relatives came for the wedding
she bought a toilet set and nightshirts.
entertained
The indentation in the pillow and the gray hair found at the end of the story suggest that Emily had __________.
been in bed with the skeleton.
not visited the room for years
smothered her lover with the pillow
tried unsuccessfully to get rid of the body
