A Jury of Her Peers Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Jury of Her Peers Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what road did Harry go to use the telephone the previous day?
(a) 14th Street.
(b) Main Street.
(c) High Road.
(d) Low Road.

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

3. What does Mrs. Peters say Mrs. Wright was frightened of in her house the previous day?
(a) Her cat.
(b) A spider.
(c) Her bird.
(d) Her husband.

4. What did Mrs. Wright do when Mr. Hale told her he wanted to see Mr. Wright the previous day?
(a) Went upstairs.
(b) Wept.
(c) Laughed.
(d) Went to the kitchen.

5. Before Mr. Hale began his story, he looked "as if standing in that kitchen and having to tell what he had seen there yesterday morning made him" ____________.
(a) Almost turn blue.
(b) Want to leave.
(c) Almost sick.
(d) Want to throw up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Susan Glaspell born?

2. What word means "not generous, especially with money," does Mrs. Hale use in referring to Mr. Wright?

3. From what university did Susan Glaspell earn her bachelor's degree?

4. Mrs. Hale muses, "Not having children makes less work, but it makes" what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What thoughts does Mrs. Hale have of the Wright residence when the carriage arrives?

2. Who did Mr. Hale call inside after Mrs. Wright told him Mr. Wright was dead? What did they find?

3. What does Mr. Hale describe when he knocked at the Wrights' door the previous day?

4. What leads Mr. Henderson to the conclusion that Mrs. Wright is a bad housekeeper?

5. How does Mrs. Hale feel when her husband begins retelling the previous day's events? Why?

6. How does Mr. Henderson explain the need for a motive in the case to the sheriff?

7. What does Mrs. Wright consider about the rocking chair in the Wrights' home? How is it described?

8. What does Mrs. Hale hope her husband will do in retelling the previous day's events? Why?

9. What does Mrs. Hale discover in the box in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket? What does she do with it?

10. How is Sheriff Peters described in the beginning of the narrative?

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