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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the women go to get things to take to Mrs. Wright?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The front-room closet.

2. What was the name of Susan Glaspell's father?
(a) Forrest C. Glaspell.
(b) Theodore L. Glaspell.
(c) Elmer S. Glaspell.
(d) James. R. Glaspell.

3. What sentence follows Mrs. Hale's line: "No, Wright wouldn't like the bird -- a thing that sang. She used to sing"?
(a) "And then she killed him."
(b) "He hated the melody."
(c) "He killed that too."
(d) "And look where it got her."

4. What color is the rocking chair in the Wrights' home?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

5. In telling his story to the sheriff and county attorney, Mr. Hale remarks that he "didn't know as what his wife wanted" _____________.
(a) "As she was very quiet."
(b) "Intrigued John."
(c) "Made much difference to John."
(d) "Though John wanted to."

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mrs. Peters' kitten killed with when she was young?

2. Of Mrs. Hale, Susan Glaspell writes, "the fact that she had lived neighbor to that girl for twenty years, and had let her die for" what was more than she could bear?

3. In what narrative mode is A Jury of Her Peers written?

4. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her the cause of death of Mr. Wright?

5. What kind of trees surround the Wright home?

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