Homer
What color is Homers car?
Yellow
Why did the Mayor claim to let Emily go so long without paying taxes?
Her father had lent a large sum of money to the community before he died.
Emilys house was the only house left in her neighborhood (True or False)
True
74 years old.
What was the name of the man who did all of Emilys work.
What is Homers job?
He runs a construction company.
Thanks to her fathers disapproval of men, what age was Emily single till.
30 years old.
What was a general description of the inside of Emilys house.
Dusty, dank, or really anything that describes it being old and hardly touched.
Where did Emily die?
In a downstairs room on a walnut bed.
What did everyone believe was Emilys intentions with the arsenic she had purchased.
They thought she was going to try to kill herself.
What did everyone initially think of Emily and Homers relationship?
They thought she was with someone below her class and that she was going to ruin her family pride being with him.
How long did Emily have her fathers body before the burial?
Three days
Pre funeral, how long had it been since anyone had been in Emily's house?
10 years
Why did majority of men attend her funeral?
To respect a fallen monument.
What did the mayor order be done to Emilys house to get rid of the potent odor?
He sent people to sprinkle lime along the foundation of her house.
What does the silver toilet set that Emily ordered have engraved in it?
Homers initials
Why was Emily keeping her fathers body after his death?
She believed he wasn't actually dead.
What style was Emilys house described as?
Light coquette style.
Why did the majority of women attend Emilys funeral?
Just to see the inside of her house.
Who is the man that had excused Emily from paying taxes after her fathers death?
What had happened to Homer after Emilys cousins had left town.
He went to Emilys house and was never again seen.
What role did Emilys father play in the reason for her being single.
What was found in the locked room in Emilys house at the end of the story?
Homers dead body in her bed.
How is Emilys body presented at her funeral.
Under a large pile of flowers.
Why is no one surprised at the possibility of Emily having gone insane?
Her aunt had previously succumbed to insanity.