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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 sister's name?
(a) Heidi.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Bessie.
(d) Samantha.

2. 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?
(a) Parrots.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Canaries.

3. When discussing the case with the sheriff, the county attorney says, "But you know juries when it comes to" what?
(a) Country folk.
(b) Women.
(c) Couples.
(d) Murderers.

4. In the beginning of A Jury of Her Peers, when Martha Hale opens the storm-door and gets a cut of the north wind, she runs back for ________________.
(a) Her coat.
(b) Snow boots.
(c) A hat.
(d) A wool scarf.

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?"
(a) Quilt it.
(b) Knot it.
(c) Both.
(d) Neither.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Hale's first name?

2. What word refers to lack of importance or consequence?

3. From where did Mr. Henderson travel to come to the crime scene?

4. When was A Jury of Her Peers published?

5. How many men are waiting in the two-seated buggy when Mrs. Hale goes out to join them in the beginning of the story?

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