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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the rocking chair in the Wrights' home?

2. As Mr. Hale began to retell the previous days events, Mrs. Hale "had that sinking feeling of the mother whose child is about to _____________.

3. Mrs. Hale states to Mrs. Peters, "The law is the law -- and a bad" what?

4. In what grammatical tense is A Jury of Her Peers written?

5. What kind of trees surround the Wright home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mrs. Peters describe her understanding of stillness in the narrative?

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

4. When Mrs. Hale begins to piece together the story of Minnie Wright, how does she berate her own actions?

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

6. How do the men respond to Mrs. Wright's worry about her preserves?

7. What does Mr. Hale respond when questioned about how Mrs. Wright appeared when he'd arrived the previous day?

8. When Mr. Hale questioned Mrs. Wright about her husband's murder, what did she inform him?

9. How does Mrs. Hale recall Mrs. Wright? What significance does this have in interpreting Minnie's character?

10. What memory of brutal loss does Mrs. Peters share from her childhood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Mrs. Peters and her relationship to the other characters in the narrative. What characteristics is Mrs. Peters described as having? What is Mrs. Peters' objective in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the character of Lewis Hale and discuss his relationship with the other characters in the story. How well did Mr. Hale know the Wrights'? What regard did he have for them?

Essay Topic 3

Define and identify the narrative mode and tense of the narrative. What distinction is made between "omniscient" and "limited" narrative modes?

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