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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 Mr. Hale's first name?
(a) George.
(b) John.
(c) Henry.
(d) Lewis.

2. Mrs. Hale states to Mrs. Peters, "The law is the law -- and a bad" what?
(a) "Man is a bad man."
(b) "Woman is a bad woman."
(c) "Law is a bad law."
(d) "Stove is a bad stove."

3. How many men are waiting in the two-seated buggy when Mrs. Hale goes out to join them in the beginning of the story?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. Mrs. Wright's shawl always hangs on what?
(a) The closet door.
(b) The coat rack.
(c) The stair door.
(d) The cupboard door.

5. What sentence follows Mrs. Hale's line: "No, Wright wouldn't like the bird -- a thing that sang. She used to sing"?
(a) "And look where it got her."
(b) "He killed that too."
(c) "And then she killed him."
(d) "He hated the melody."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the women go to get things to take to Mrs. Wright?

2. What does Mrs. Peters say Mrs. Wright was frightened of in her house the previous day?

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

4. Who had requested that Mrs. Hale come along to the crime scene in the beginning of the story?

5. Mr. Hale tells the sheriff that he had been going to town the previous morning with whom?

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