A Rose For Emily and Other Short Stories Quizzes

A Rose For Emily and Other Short Stories Quiz 1

1 Why does Mr. Harris tell Abner Sartoris to build a fence?
Abner's house smells foul.

He wants to make clear the class difference.

Abner's hog got into Mr. Harris's corn.

He doesn't want to have to look at it.
2 What is Abner Snope's disability?
He walks with a limp.

He lost an arm.

He has a speech impediment.

He is mentally disabled.
3 What does Abner step in before entering the de Spain home?
Horse droppings.

A trap.

A puddle.

The lawn.
4 What of Major de Spain's does Abner destroy?
The horsecart.

The rug.

The flowerbeds.

The fence.
5 What does Major de Spain charge Abner for destroying the rug?
A horse.

A hundred dollars.

The barn.

Bushels of corn.
6 Who warns Major de Spain about his barn being burnt?
Lennie

Abner

The sisters

Sarty
7 What does Sarty do after warning Major de Spain?
Die.

Run away.

Kill his father.

Help burn the barn.
8 What event does the narrator of "Two Soldiers" hear about on the radio?
A wrestling match.

His brother's capture.

The bombing of Pearl Harbor.

The draft.
9 Where does the narrator of "Two Soldiers" walk?
Memphis

Jefferson

The next town over

Home
10 What does the narrator of "Two Soldiers" bring with him on his trip?
A suitcase

A shikepoke egg

Glasses

Money
11 Who is Mr. Foote?
The narrator's father

The Law

The bus feller

The lawyer
12 How does the narrator of "Two Soldiers" get to Memphis?
The train

A car

He walks

The bus
13 Who organizes for the narrator of "Two Soldiers" to get back home?
The bus feller

Mrs. McKellogg

Mr. Foote

Pete
14 Who lives with Miss Emily Grierson when she dies?
An old, black man-servant

The narrator

Her white cook

Her father
15 Who told Miss Emily she didn't have to pay taxes?
The current mayor

Colonel Sartoris

The alderman

The townspeople
16 What do the aldermen do to get rid of the smell at the Grierson house?
Nothing

Sprinkle lime around it

Ask Miss Emily to fix it

Burn it down
17 With whom does Miss Emily have an affair?
Her cousin

Homer Barron

Colonel Sartoris

The narrator
18 What does Miss Emily purchase from the druggist?
Arsenic

Pain killers

Birth control

Medicine
19 What type of lesson does Miss Emily teach?
Needlepoint

Singing

China-painting

Piano
20 Whose corpse has been kept in the Grierson house?
Her father

Homer Barron

Colonel Sartoris

Miss Emily
21 Who defends Will Mayes for the longest time?
McLendon

Hawkshaw

The ex-soldier

The drummer
22 Who does Miss Minnie Cooper live with?
Her son

Her husband

Her mother

Will Mayes
23 With whom does Miss Minnie have an affair with?
Hawkshaw

McLendon

The cashier at the bank

The mayor
24 What is Will Mayes' job?
Guard of the old kiln

Butler

Night watchman at an ice plant

Driver
25 Who jumps out of the moving car?
Will Mayes

The ex-soldier

Hawkshaw

McLendon

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What is a main idea in "A Rose for Emily"?

The main idea in the story, A Rose for Miss Emily, is Emily's inability to accept change and to adapt to the changes in her life.

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