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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Detailed Summary & Analysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mr. Hale had come by the previous day to ask Mr. Wright if he wanted what installed?
(a) Gas heating.
(b) A fence post.
(c) Electricity.
(d) A telephone.

2. Mrs. Hale considers the manner of Mrs. Peters to be _________.
(a) Impulsive.
(b) Overbearing.
(c) Bullying.
(d) Shrinking.

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

4. What does Mrs. Hale begin to arrange after the men exit upstairs?
(a) Dirty pans.
(b) Quilts.
(c) Preserves.
(d) Papers.

5. In the actual murder case upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based, John Hossack was killed with what weapon?
(a) A frying pan.
(b) A rope.
(c) A gun.
(d) An axe.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what road did Harry go to use the telephone the previous day?

2. What does Mrs. Hale surmise Mrs. Wright was going to do with the bird?

3. What does Mrs. Hale discover under the cloth in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?

4. What does Mrs. Peters notice about the bird cage?

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

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