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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mr. Hale tells the sheriff that he had been going to town the previous morning with whom?
(a) Harry.
(b) Pete.
(c) Mrs. Hale.
(d) Henry.

2. What time was it when Mr. Hale had stopped by the Wright home the previous day?
(a) Before 9 a.m.
(b) After 8 a.m.
(c) After 4 p.m.
(d) Before 12 p.m.

3. What does Mrs. Peters claim cats are, when talking with Mr. Henderson?
(a) Superstitious.
(b) Born hunters.
(c) Murderous.
(d) Nocturnal.

4. Where do the men first gather upon entering the Wright house at the beginning of the story?
(a) The stove.
(b) The doorway.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The bathroom.

5. Who had requested that Mrs. Hale come along to the crime scene in the beginning of the story?
(a) George Henderson.
(b) Henry Peters.
(c) Mrs. Peters.
(d) Lewis Hale.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Wrights' home is located in what?

2. Whose "hands aren't always as clean as they might be," according to Mrs. Hale?

3. What does Mrs. Peters say Mrs. Wright had been worried about the night before when the weather turned?

4. When Mrs. Peters asks if Mrs. Wright had a bird, Mrs. Hale replies that there was a man in town selling what the year before?

5. What word means "not generous, especially with money," does Mrs. Hale use in referring to Mr. Wright?

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