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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 last line in the story?
(a) "Minnie Wright is innocent."
(b) "We call it - stitch it, Mr. Henderson."
(c) "Trifles are what men are."
(d) "We call it -- knot it, Mr. Henderson."

2. In telling his story to the sheriff and county attorney, Mr. Hale remarks that he "didn't know as what his wife wanted" _____________.
(a) "As she was very quiet."
(b) "Made much difference to John."
(c) "Intrigued John."
(d) "Though John wanted to."

3. What word means concealed; secret; disguised?
(a) Overt.
(b) Covert.
(c) Malicious.
(d) Prominent.

4. Who is to bring Mrs. Wright some things at the jail?
(a) Mrs. Peters.
(b) Sheriff Peters.
(c) Mrs. Hale.
(d) Mr. Henderson.

5. To whom does Sheriff Peters ask Mr. Hale to explain what he'd seen the previous morning in the beginning of the story?
(a) Minnie Foster.
(b) Mr. Henderson.
(c) Mrs. Hale.
(d) Mrs. Peters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the men go to investigate first after leaving the women in the kitchen?

2. When the women are alone, Mrs. Peters tells Mrs. Hale, "Mr. Henderson is awful ______ in a speech."

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

4. According to the county attorney when he exits with the men to investigate, who is "one of us"?

5. For what does Mrs. Hale repeatedly blame herself in the story?

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