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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 the title of the original newspaper article upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based?
(a) "Mrs. Wright Kills Husband."
(b) "Rural Homicide."
(c) "The Hossack Murder."
(d) "Death on the Farm."

2. What unseen character is described as having "a voice that somehow seemed to be backing up the law with every word"?
(a) Mrs. Roberts.
(b) Mrs. Gorman.
(c) Mrs. Rogers.
(d) Mrs. Jackson.

3. Who was the previous sheriff in the county before Sheriff Peters?
(a) Sheriff Gorman.
(b) Sheriff Jackson.
(c) Sheriff Rogers.
(d) Sheriff Roberts.

4. What item makes Mrs. Hale nervous when the county attorney takes it out while listening to Mr. Hale's story?
(a) A knife.
(b) A pencil.
(c) A pair of glasses.
(d) A ruler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mrs. Peters' kitten killed with when she was young?

2. What does the sheriff suggest Mr. Henderson look at with him before leaving?

3. Mrs. Hale recalled that upon meeting Mrs. Peters the first time she didn't seem like _____________.

4. Where does Mrs. Peters say she and her husband had homesteaded before living here?

5. What had Mrs. Wright requested to be brought to her at the jail in addition to clothes?

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