A Jury of Her Peers Test | Final Test - Hard

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 | Final Test - Hard

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 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Peters look for to wrap Mrs. Wright's clothing in?

2. What does the sheriff suggest Mr. Henderson look at with him before leaving?

3. In Mrs. Peters' first attempt at small talk with Mrs. Hale she says, "The country's not very _____ this time of year."

4. Who has been murdered in A Jury of Her Peers?

5. What does Mr. Hale say Mrs. Wright had responded when he asked "Ho' do, Mrs. Wright? It's cold, ain't it?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the theme of female loyalty illustrated in the story?

4. When does Mrs. Hale ask Mrs. Peters her opinion on the guilt of Mrs. Wright? What is her reply?

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

6. What did Mrs. Wright reply when Mr. Hale asked to see Mr. Wright?

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Define and identify symbolism in A Jury of Her Peers. What about the kitchen is symbolic? What do the jars of fruit represent?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting of the story and discuss how this setting evokes mood. How is the Wright home described? What visceral sense do you get from the descriptions of the house? Why?

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