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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Glaspell study for one semester of graduate school?
(a) University of San Francisco.
(b) University of Chicago.
(c) University of Phoenix.
(d) University of Miami.

2. Who had requested that Mrs. Hale come along to the crime scene in the beginning of the story?
(a) Lewis Hale.
(b) Mrs. Peters.
(c) Henry Peters.
(d) George Henderson.

3. What does the sheriff suggest Mr. Henderson look at with him before leaving?
(a) The barn.
(b) The windows.
(c) The mirror.
(d) The floors.

4. 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) Pigeons.
(b) Canaries.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Parrots.

5. What does Mrs. Hale respond when the county attorney sees the birdcage and asks, "Has the bird flown?"
(a) "It has."
(b) "We think the cat got it."
(c) "To heaven."
(d) "It was murdered."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mr. Henderson unable to dry his hands after washing them in the sink?

2. What is Mrs. Hale's response when Mrs. Peters says, "Of course we don't know who killed the bird"?

3. What was the first novel published by Susan Glaspell?

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

5. Who went on trial for the murder of John Hossack?

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