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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 does Mrs. Peters look for to wrap Mrs. Wright's clothing in?
(a) Silk fabric.
(b) Paper and string.
(c) A pillowcase.
(d) Burlap.

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

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

4. In Mrs. Peters' first attempt at small talk with Mrs. Hale she says, "The country's not very _____ this time of year."
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Cold.
(c) Warm.
(d) Wet.

5. What does Mrs. Peters reply when the county attorney asks the women, "have you decided whether she was going to quilt it or knot it?"
(a) Neither.
(b) Both.
(c) Quilt it.
(d) Knot it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Mrs. Wright requested to be brought to her at the jail in addition to clothes?

2. Who does Mrs. Hale say "have their hands full" to Mr. Henderson?

3. Of the boy who killed Mrs. Peters' kitten as a child, she says, "If they hadn't held me back I would have" what?

4. As the men reenter to leave, Mrs. Hale takes the box and puts it where?

5. When the women are alone, Mrs. Peters tells Mrs. Hale, "Mr. Henderson is awful ______ in a speech."

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