This person narrates the story and tells readers about how the town views Miss Emily.
What is someone in the town
100
When the smell developed around Miss Emily's house the townspeople broke in to her house and did this.
What is spread lime to get rid of the smell
100
Colonel Sartoris released Miss Emily from paying taxes because he did not want her to feel this way
What is humiliated
100
A smell develops around Miss Emily's house because of Homer's decaying body. This is an example of this feature of Southern Gothic Literature
What is grotesque
100
This is the name of Emily's suitor.
Who is Homer Barron
200
The point of view in the story helps readers get a sense of this as they read the story. Hint: It is a technique used by horror films.
What is Suspense
200
This was the color of the room where the townspeople found Homer's body
What is rose
200
Miss Emily bought this from the druggist
What is Arsenic
200
At the time of Miss Emily's death it had been forty years since anyone had seen her. This is an example of this Southern Writers Element.
What is the outsider
200
This is what Miss Emily taught the girls in the town when she was in her forties.
What is china painting
300
This is what the feeling that the narrator says the town had for Miss Emily when she died.
What is Pity
300
True/False: Yoknapatawpha County is a real county in Mississippi.
What is False
300
Miss Emily says this quote when confronted by the Board of Aldermen.
What is "I have no taxes in Jefferson"
300
Miss Emily has been kept from marrying by her father and then she meets Homer and falls in love. He gossips to the town that Miss Emily is a "fallen woman." This feature of Southern Gothic Literature is Miss Emily's response. Hint: What happens to Homer?
What is violence
300
This person started the town talking about how Miss Emily was a fallen woman.
Who is Homer
400
The narrator believes that Miss Emily's father did everything he could to keep her from doing this.
What is getting married
400
These types of buildings have been built around Miss Emily's family home.
What are factories
400
This is found on the indentation next to Emily's suitor's dead body.
What is a long strand of gray hair
400
Miss Emily's father kept her from getting married by scarring off all of her suitors. This means Miss Emily is representative of this element of Southern Literature.
What is imprisonment
400
These people are who Miss Emily dismisses from her house after saying that she does not have to pay taxes.
Who are the younger generation of town leaders.
500
In this story, the narrator's point of view is most representative of the views and opinions held by...
What is the townspeople
500
It is this social class that Miss Emily belonged to until her father left her nothing but the house when he died.
What is upper class
500
During the last forty years of Miss Emily’s life she did this
What is laid by Homer's dead body
500
The Grierson home is described in the story. Readers are meant to picture an old, falling apart southern mansion. This is indicative of this feature of Southern Literature.
What is sense of place
500
This is the person that Miss Emily killed and slept next to for many many years.