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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mrs. Peters asks if Mrs. Wright had a bird, Mrs. Hale replies that there was a man in town selling what the year before?
(a) Canaries.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Parrots.

2. Before Mr. Hale began his story, he looked "as if standing in that kitchen and having to tell what he had seen there yesterday morning made him" ____________.
(a) Want to throw up.
(b) Almost sick.
(c) Almost turn blue.
(d) Want to leave.

3. What is Mr. Hale's first name?
(a) Henry.
(b) Lewis.
(c) John.
(d) George.

4. Sheriff Peters is described as being particularly genial with____________.
(a) Children.
(b) Criminals.
(c) The law-abiding.
(d) Inmates.

5. What color roll of cloth does Mrs. Hale remove from Mrs. Wright's basket?
(a) Orange.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Pink.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who enters the house near the end of the story saying, "I've got the team round now. Pretty cold out there"?

3. What is the setting of A Jury of Her Peers?

4. What did Mrs. Wright do when Mr. Hale told her he wanted to see Mr. Wright the previous day?

5. Who had the sheriff sent to make a fire at the Wright house that morning in the story?

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