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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Hale's eldest son doing in town while she and her husband are with the sheriff in the story?
(a) Getting a watch fixed.
(b) Selling potatoes.
(c) Buying clothes.
(d) Buying food.

2. When the women are alone, Mrs. Peters tells Mrs. Hale, "Mr. Henderson is awful ______ in a speech."
(a) Threatening.
(b) Amusing.
(c) Sarcastic.
(d) Serious.

3. In the beginning of A Jury of Her Peers, when Martha Hale opens the storm-door and gets a cut of the north wind, she runs back for ________________.
(a) A wool scarf.
(b) A hat.
(c) Her coat.
(d) Snow boots.

4. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her the cause of death of Mr. Wright?
(a) "He died from heartbreak."
(b) "He died of a gunshot wound."
(c) "He died of a rope around his neck."
(d) "He died in his sleep."

5. Where do the women stand close together upon entering the Wright home?
(a) In the doorway.
(b) The living room.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hale suggest when Mrs. Peters questions what happened to Mrs. Wright's bird?

2. What is the pattern of the quilt the women discover in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?

3. The men reenter as Mrs. Hale is asking, "Do you suppose she was going to quilt it or just" what?

4. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her, "Who did this, Mrs. Wright?"

5. How many women are waiting in the two-seated buggy when Mrs. Hale goes out to join them in the beginning of the story?

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