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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 Mr. Hale tell the county attorney his first thought was, upon seeing Mr. Wright?
(a) To call the coroner.
(b) To put Mrs. Wright in handcuffs.
(c) To put a blanket over him.
(d) To get the rope off him.

2. What had Mr. Hale been going to town to sell the previous morning?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Radishes.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Carrots.

3. What was Mrs. Peters' kitten killed with when she was young?
(a) An arrow.
(b) A rock.
(c) A hatchet.
(d) A shotgun.

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

5. Of the boy who killed Mrs. Peters' kitten as a child, she says, "If they hadn't held me back I would have" what?
(a) "Hurt him."
(b) "Gouged his eyes."
(c) "Stopped him."
(d) "Killed him."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stands accused of murder in A Jury of Her Peers?

2. Before Mr. Hale began his story, he looked "as if standing in that kitchen and having to tell what he had seen there yesterday morning made him" ____________.

3. When was A Jury of Her Peers published?

4. Whom did Mr. Hale call in to go upstairs with him the day before when he found Mr. Wright?

5. What is half-sifted when Mrs. Hale departs her kitchen in the beginning of the story?

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