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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The county attorney asserts that there is "no sign at all of anyone having" what?
(a) "Struggled."
(b) "An argument."
(c) "Come in from the outside."
(d) "Stolen anything."

2. In the actual murder case upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based, John Hossack was killed with what weapon?
(a) A gun.
(b) A frying pan.
(c) A rope.
(d) An axe.

3. What does the sheriff suggest Mr. Henderson look at with him before leaving?
(a) The barn.
(b) The floors.
(c) The mirror.
(d) The windows.

4. What fur item does Mrs. Peters go to hang up when she discovers Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?
(a) A coat.
(b) A hat.
(c) A tippet.
(d) A cape.

5. Mrs. Hale muses, "Not having children makes less work, but it makes" what?
(a) A quiet house.
(b) Life boring.
(c) Things too peaceful.
(d) No sense.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose house did Harry go to use the telephone the previous day?

2. According to the county attorney when he exits with the men to investigate, who is "one of us"?

3. Who enters the house near the end of the story saying, "I've got the team round now. Pretty cold out there"?

4. Whose "hands aren't always as clean as they might be," according to Mrs. Hale?

5. How many women are waiting in the two-seated buggy when Mrs. Hale goes out to join them in the beginning of the story?

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