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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. When did the murder trial of John Hossack take place?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1900.

2. Who announces, "I'm going to stay here awhile by myself" near the end of the story?
(a) George Henderson.
(b) Sheriff Peters.
(c) Mrs. Hale.
(d) Mr. Henderson.

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?"
(a) Minnie Foster.
(b) Mr. Hale.
(c) Mrs. Hale.
(d) Sheriff Peters.

4. Where had the sheriff sent someone "for that man who went crazy" yesterday in the story?
(a) Robin's Junction.
(b) Morris Center.
(c) Aurthur's Crossing.
(d) John's Ferry.

5. How many men are waiting in the two-seated buggy when Mrs. Hale goes out to join them in the beginning of the story?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Mr. Hale call in to go upstairs with him the day before when he found Mr. Wright?

2. What was Mrs. Wright's maiden name?

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

4. Mr. Henderson asks the sheriff if he's sure there's nothing in the kitchen that would point to any _______.

5. What is the pattern of the quilt the women discover in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hale begin doing once the men exit to investigate upstairs? What does she discover in the kitchen?

2. How does Mrs. Peters attempt to maintain objectiveness with Mrs. Hale when she concludes Minnie's innocence?

3. What does Mrs. Hale regard of Mrs. Wright's clothing in the narrative?

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

5. When the county attorney asks if Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Wright had been friends, how does she reply?

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

7. How did Mrs. Wright inform Mr. Hale of her husband's location and means of death?

8. How does Mrs. Hale "play off" the stitching of the quilt?

9. What indication does Mrs. Wright give in front of Mr. Henderson that Mr. Wright was unpleasant?

10. How does Mrs. Hale feel about leaving her kitchen in the beginning of the story? Why?

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