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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times had Mrs. Hale been to the Wright home before the narrative begins?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

2. Where did Mrs. Wright point when Mr. Hale asked the whereabouts of Mr. Wright?
(a) Into the bathroom.
(b) Toward the backyard.
(c) Into the kitchen.
(d) Upstairs.

3. What is Mrs. Hale's first name?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Martha.
(c) Minnie.
(d) Connie.

4. What is the name of the deputy sheriff?
(a) Raymond.
(b) Michael.
(c) Albert.
(d) Frank.

5. What theater troupe, of which Glaspell was a member, produced a one-act play with the same plot as A Jury of Her Peers?
(a) The Punxsutawney Players.
(b) The Provincetown Players.
(c) The Philadelphia Players.
(d) The Pittsburgh Players.

6. What does Mrs. Hale suddenly become worried about regarding her son in the beginning of the story?
(a) Whether he turned the lights off.
(b) Whether he's safe in the jail.
(c) Whether the car made it to town.
(d) Whether he's dressed warmly enough.

7. Susan Glaspell wrote A Jury of Her Peers based on the Hossack murder which she discovered working as _____________.
(a) A judge.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A journalist.
(d) An actress.

8. What does the county attorney say is "the thing we need" before exiting with the men to investigate?
(a) A suspect.
(b) A weapon.
(c) A time of death.
(d) A motive.

9. What does Mr. Hale go to look after while the sheriff and county attorney are finishing investigating?
(a) The cows.
(b) The horses.
(c) The pigs.
(d) The chickens.

10. Mr. Hale had come by the previous day to ask Mr. Wright if he wanted what installed?
(a) A fence post.
(b) Gas heating.
(c) A telephone.
(d) Electricity.

11. With what group had Minnie Foster sung in her youth?
(a) An opera.
(b) The town choir.
(c) A high school band.
(d) A glee club.

12. Who does Mrs. Hale say "have their hands full" to Mr. Henderson?
(a) Men.
(b) Sheriffs.
(c) Farmers' wives.
(d) Women.

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

14. When was the play Trifles first produced?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1911.

15. What color is Mrs. Wright's shawl?
(a) Gray.
(b) White.
(c) Purple.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. When talking with Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale claims, "If there had been years and years of -- nothing, then a bird to sing to you, it would be awful ____ after the bird was still."

2. When Mrs. Peters asks if Mrs. Wright had a bird, Mrs. Hale replies that there was a man in town selling what the year before?

3. What does Mr. Hale say Mrs. Wright had responded when he asked "Ho' do, Mrs. Wright? It's cold, ain't it?"

4. Where do the women stand close together upon entering the Wright home?

5. Where do the men first gather upon entering the Wright house at the beginning of the story?

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