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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 does Mrs. Peters reply when Mrs. Hale asks her, "Do you think she -- did it?"
(a) "What do you think?"
(b) "Oh, I don't know."
(c) "I have no doubt."
(d) "It's possible."

2. Mrs. Hale recalled that upon meeting Mrs. Peters the first time she didn't seem like _____________.
(a) A republican.
(b) A mormon.
(c) A sheriff's wife.
(d) A mother.

3. To whose house did Harry go to use the telephone the previous day?
(a) The Johnsons'.
(b) The Stevens'.
(c) The Rivers'.
(d) The Abbots'.

4. Where did John Hossack's murder take place?
(a) Columbus, Ohio.
(b) Indianola, Iowa.
(c) Bowling Green, Kentucky.
(d) Cairo, Illinois.

5. Who had the sheriff sent off "for that man who went crazy" yesterday in the story?
(a) Roger.
(b) Carl.
(c) William.
(d) Frank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had the sheriff sent someone "for that man who went crazy" yesterday in the story?

2. What is beside the wooden bucket on a low shelf in the kitchen?

3. In describing Mr. Wright, Mrs. Hale claims he was "like a raw wind that" what?

4. Mrs. Peters nervously says to Mrs. Hale, "it's a good thing the men couldn't hear us! Getting all stirred up over a little thing like a" what?

5. Where did Mrs. Wright move to after Harry went to call for the coroner the previous day?

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