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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Detailed Summary & Analysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of the boy who killed Mrs. Peters' kitten as a child, she says, "If they hadn't held me back I would have" what?
(a) "Stopped him."
(b) "Gouged his eyes."
(c) "Killed him."
(d) "Hurt him."

2. Where do the men first gather upon entering the Wright house at the beginning of the story?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The stove.
(c) The doorway.
(d) The bedroom.

3. Mrs. Peters nervously says to Mrs. Hale, "it's a good thing the men couldn't hear us! Getting all stirred up over a little thing like a" what?
(a) "Dead canary."
(b) "Quilt."
(c) "Sink of dishes."
(d) "Dirty kitchen."

4. What does Mr. Hale go to look after while the sheriff and county attorney are finishing investigating?
(a) The chickens.
(b) The horses.
(c) The pigs.
(d) The cows.

5. Where did Mrs. Wright point when Mr. Hale asked the whereabouts of Mr. Wright?
(a) Into the kitchen.
(b) Into the bathroom.
(c) Upstairs.
(d) Toward the backyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the county attorney when he exits with the men to investigate, who is "one of us"?

2. Who went on trial for the murder of John Hossack?

3. What does Mrs. Hale surmise Mrs. Wright was going to do with the bird?

4. What novelist and playwright did Susan Glaspell marry?

5. Of Mrs. Hale, Susan Glaspell writes, "the fact that she had lived neighbor to that girl for twenty years, and had let her die for" what was more than she could bear?

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