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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Mrs. Peters' first child when he died?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. What novelist and playwright did Susan Glaspell marry?
(a) Ralph Arnold Watkins.
(b) Casper Martin Stevens.
(c) Donald Robert Wilson.
(d) George Cram Cook.

3. What does Mrs. Hale suggest when Mrs. Peters questions what happened to Mrs. Wright's bird?
(a) "She gave it away."
(b) "I suppose maybe the cat got it."
(c) "It died of old age."
(d) "I think it flew away."

4. In her despair, Mrs. Hail says, "I tell you, it's queer, Mrs. Peters. We live close together, and we" what?
(a) "Live far apart."
(b) "Never see each other."
(c) "Run into each other once."
(d) "Are far too close."

5. Where was Susan Glaspell born?
(a) Missoula, Montana.
(b) Bismarck, North Dakota.
(c) Spearfish, South Dakota.
(d) Davenport, Iowa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times had Mrs. Hale been to the Wright home before the narrative begins?

2. What had Mrs. Wright requested to be brought to her at the jail in addition to clothes?

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

4. In what city did Glaspell work when she covered the murder trial of John Hossack?

5. The Wrights' home is located in what?

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