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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Hale recalled that upon meeting Mrs. Peters the first time she didn't seem like _____________.
(a) A mormon.
(b) A mother.
(c) A sheriff's wife.
(d) A republican.

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

3. What had Mrs. Wright requested to be brought to her at the jail in addition to clothes?
(a) An apron.
(b) Shoes.
(c) A hacksaw.
(d) A sweater.

4. Mrs. Hale describes Minnie Foster as having been _________ 20 years ago.
(a) Strange.
(b) Depressive.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Lively.

5. Where did John Hossack's murder take place?
(a) Cairo, Illinois.
(b) Bowling Green, Kentucky.
(c) Columbus, Ohio.
(d) Indianola, Iowa.

6. Who has been murdered in A Jury of Her Peers?
(a) Martha Hale.
(b) John Wright.
(c) Minnie Foster.
(d) Henry Peters.

7. What is the name of the coroner who came to the Wrights' home the previous day?
(a) Dr. Meadows.
(b) Dr. Phelps.
(c) Dr. Freud.
(d) Dr. Lloyd.

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

9. What does Mrs. Hale almost sit down on when she is alone with Mrs. Peters?
(a) The rocking chair.
(b) The couch.
(c) The porch swing.
(d) The kitchen table.

10. Mrs. Peters nervously says to Mrs. Hale, "it's a good thing the men couldn't hear us! Getting all stirred up over a little thing like a" what?
(a) "Dead canary."
(b) "Dirty kitchen."
(c) "Quilt."
(d) "Sink of dishes."

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

12. In what year did the Library of America select the original newspaper article upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2005.

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

14. Mrs. Hale tells Mr. Henderson that she rarely visited the Wright home because it didn't seem very ________.
(a) Expensive.
(b) Motherly.
(c) Cheerful.
(d) Clean.

15. Who is to bring Mrs. Wright some things at the jail?
(a) Mrs. Peters.
(b) Sheriff Peters.
(c) Mrs. Hale.
(d) Mr. Henderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the original newspaper article upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based?

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

3. Who asks the county attorney near the end of the story, "Did you want to see what Mrs. Peters was going to take in?"

4. Sheriff Peters is described as being particularly genial with____________.

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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