A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

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Reading Comprehension
Directions: Answer the following questions.

1. What does Col. Sartoris do for Miss Emily after her fathers death? Why?

2. Describe the inside of Miss Emilys house. Use at least five adjectives.

3. How does Miss Emily get rid of the aldermen?

4. How do the aldermen deal with the smell?

5. How do the townspeople feel about Miss Emily after her father dies?

6. What does Miss Emily do when her father dies?

7. What does Emily buy (at least two things should be mentioned here)?

8. How does the towns view of Miss Emilys relationship with Homer Barron change over
time?

9. Why do people assume that Miss Emily and Homer Barron are married?

10. What happens to Miss Emily after Homer Barron disappears?

11. Describe the bedroom and the things in it.

12. What is on the second pillow? What does this indicate?

Sequence of Events

Directions: The events in the story do not happen in chronological order. List four main events
of the section in the space provided. Then, arrange the events in the order in which they
occurred (chronologically). You must place 12 of the 20 on the Timeline.

Section One
1. Emily Grierson died and everyone went to her funeral.
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Section Two
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Section Three
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Section Four
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Section Five
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Timeline (one provided for you) 1. Emilys funeral