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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Susan Glaspell die?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1955.

2. What kind of trees surround the Wright home?
(a) Poplar.
(b) Maple.
(c) Pine.
(d) Cedar.

3. What had Mrs. Wright requested to be brought to her at the jail in addition to clothes?
(a) Shoes.
(b) A hacksaw.
(c) An apron.
(d) A sweater.

4. Whose "hands aren't always as clean as they might be," according to Mrs. Hale?
(a) Women's.
(b) Men's.
(c) Children's.
(d) Murderer's.

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?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?"

2. Where was Susan Glaspell born?

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

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

5. What is the setting of A Jury of Her Peers?

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