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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 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?
(a) "Companionship."
(b) "Lack of loneliness."
(c) "Lack of life."
(d) "Mere boredom."

2. Where was Mrs. Wright when Mr. Hale had entered the Wright house the previous day?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) At the kitchen table.
(c) In the rocking chair.
(d) Sleeping in bed.

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) 2008.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2003.

4. What does Mrs. Peters reply when Mrs. Hale asks her, "Do you think she -- did it?"
(a) "It's possible."
(b) "What do you think?"
(c) "I have no doubt."
(d) "Oh, I don't know."

5. What is Mr. Hale's response when asked the question of Mrs. Wright, "How did she seem to feel about your coming?"
(a) "Why, I don't think she minded -- one way or other."
(b) "Well, she asked me to stay for tea."
(c) "Why, she jumped up and ran from the room."
(d) "She seemed agitated that I was there."

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose house did Harry go to use the telephone the previous day?

2. What is Mr. Hale's first name?

3. Mrs. Hale recalled that upon meeting Mrs. Peters the first time she didn't seem like _____________.

4. What word means concealed; secret; disguised?

5. What does Mrs. Peters reply when the county attorney asks the women, "have you decided whether she was going to quilt it or knot it?"

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