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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 in the middle of making when she must leave her kitchen in the beginning of the story?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Bread.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Eggs.

2. What does Mrs. Hale respond when the county attorney sees the birdcage and asks, "Has the bird flown?"
(a) "It was murdered."
(b) "It has."
(c) "We think the cat got it."
(d) "To heaven."

3. In what year did the Library of America select the original newspaper article upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2008.

4. In Mrs. Peters' first attempt at small talk with Mrs. Hale she says, "The country's not very _____ this time of year."
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Cold.
(c) Wet.
(d) Warm.

5. Where did Mrs. Wright move to after Harry went to call for the coroner the previous day?
(a) The front porch.
(b) A chair in the corner.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The back yard.

Short Answer Questions

1. In telling his story to the sheriff and county attorney, Mr. Hale remarks that he "didn't know as what his wife wanted" _____________.

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

3. What does Mrs. Hale discover under the cloth in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?

4. Where did Mrs. Wright point when Mr. Hale asked the whereabouts of Mr. Wright?

5. To whom does Sheriff Peters ask Mr. Hale to explain what he'd seen the previous morning in the beginning of the story?

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