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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Detailed Summary & Analysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Hale's last line in the story?
(a) "We call it - stitch it, Mr. Henderson."
(b) "We call it -- knot it, Mr. Henderson."
(c) "Minnie Wright is innocent."
(d) "Trifles are what men are."

2. To what road did Harry go to use the telephone the previous day?
(a) 14th Street.
(b) Main Street.
(c) High Road.
(d) Low Road.

3. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her "Then why can't I see him?" after he was informed Mr. Wright was home?
(a) "Cause he's working."
(b) "Cause he's bathing."
(c) "Cause he's sleeping.."
(d) "Cause he's dead."

4. In describing Mr. Wright, Mrs. Hale claims he was "like a raw wind that" what?
(a) "Gets into the bone."
(b) "Blows through the trees."
(c) "Has no mercy."
(d) "Give you frostbite."

5. For what does Mrs. Hale repeatedly blame herself in the story?
(a) Not visiting Mrs. Wright.
(b) Spreading rumors about Mr. Wright.
(c) Not adopting the bird.
(d) Spreading rumors about Mrs. Wright.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Sheriff Peters ask Mr. Hale to explain what he'd seen the previous morning in the beginning of the story?

2. What had Mr. Hale been going to town to sell the previous morning?

3. Where does Mrs. Peters say she and her husband had homesteaded before living here?

4. What does Mrs. Hale suggest when Mrs. Peters questions what happened to Mrs. Wright's bird?

5. Who states in the short story, "women are used to worrying over trifles"?

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