Roses
Who was the author who wrote "A Rose for Emily?"
William Faulkner
The women of the town attended Emily Grierson's funeral for what reason?
The were gossipy and curious about what it looked like inside.
Miss Emily's 80 year old neighbor complained to the judge about what?
The VERY BAD smell coming from Miss Emily's house.
When Emily first started seeing Homer, everybody said they will get married. What did Homer admit that would ruin the relationship?
He was gay.
How did no one find out about Miss Emily's secret?
She didn't allow anyone inside.
Where does this story take place?
The South
What did Colonel Sartoris tell Emily she didn't need to do?
She didn't need to pay taxes.
What did the aldermen use to get rid of the smell coming from Miss Emily's house?
Lime
What did miss Emily order from the jeweler?
A toiletry kit with the initials HB on each piece, an entire men's outfit, and a man's a night shirt?
Why do the townspeople disapprove of Miss Emily dating Homer?
He's a Yankee.
He's not of the right social class.
How long has it been since anyone has been in Miss Emily's house?
10 years
When the next generation of mayors and aldermen arrived, they weren't pleased with Miss Emily not paying her taxes. What did they do about it?
They demanded she pay and started sending her bills and showing up at her house.
How long did Miss Emily deny that her father was dead?
Three days.
Where did Homer go after telling Miss Emily they wouldn't be married?
Nowhere. He was dead.
When they broke down the door to the room upstairs, what was it furnished for?
Like a bridal suite.
Like a honeymoon suite.
Who runs out of the door after Miss Emily dies?
Ms. Emily's servant, Tobie
How does Miss Emily spend the last few years of her life?
Who was Miss Emily seen with around town on Sunday afternoons after her father passed away?
Homer Barron
Which floor of Emily's home did she close when she was older?
The top floor.
Who was found rotting in the bed of the locked upstairs room?
Homer Barren's corpse.
How long was Miss Emily married to Homer?
Zero days. They never got married.
When Miss Emily tells the aldermen she won't pay her taxes, what doesn't she know?
She doesn't know that Colonel Sartoris has died.
What did Miss Emily request from the druggist?
Posion/Arsenic
When Miss Emily grew old, she became sick, but never told anybody, where did she end up?
Dying in the bottom floor of her house.
What was found on the pillow beside the rotting man in the locked upstairs room?
The iron grey hair of Miss Emily Grierson.