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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. Who is to bring Mrs. Wright some things at the jail?

2. What is Mr. Hale's response when asked the question of Mrs. Wright, "How did she seem to feel about your coming?"

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

4. What novelist and playwright did Susan Glaspell marry?

5. What is Sheriff Peters' first name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Mrs. Peters described through Mrs. Hale's thoughts in the beginning of the narrative?

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

4. What in the beginning of the story indicates the time period of the narrative?

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

6. What comment is made regarding the kitchen before the men depart upstairs? Why is this significant?

7. What scene does Mrs. Hale imagine after finding the half-poured sugar in the kitchen?

8. What is suspicious about the choice of weapon used in the murder? What do the women remark about it?

9. What does Mrs. Hale remark to Mrs. Peters about the lack of children in the home and Mr. Wright's personality when the women are alone?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Mr. Henderson and his role in the narrative. What threat does Mr. Henderson pose to Minnie Wright? What is Mr. Henderson's intention in his investigation?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Minnie Wright in comparison with Margaret Hossack. How, in the articles about the Hossack trial, was Margaret Hossack described?

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