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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 did Mrs. Hale feel she should take her hand off of once the men reentered, but found herself unable to do so?
(a) The sewing basket.
(b) The sugar bowl.
(c) The quilt.
(d) The table.

2. Where was Mrs. Wright when Mr. Hale had entered the Wright house the previous day?
(a) In the rocking chair.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) Sleeping in bed.
(d) At the kitchen table.

3. Susan Glaspell wrote A Jury of Her Peers following the production of what play of the same plot and subject?
(a) Little Things.
(b) The Quiet Farmhouse.
(c) Vanishing Evidence.
(d) Trifles.

4. When the women are alone, Mrs. Peters tells Mrs. Hale, "Mr. Henderson is awful ______ in a speech."
(a) Amusing.
(b) Threatening.
(c) Serious.
(d) Sarcastic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mr. Hale think he heard someone say the second time he knocked on the Wright's door the previous day?

2. Where had Mrs. Hale met Mrs. Peters previously?

3. What does Mr. Hale say Mrs. Wright had responded when he asked "Ho' do, Mrs. Wright? It's cold, ain't it?"

4. Mrs. Hale catches sight of an opened bucket of _________ on a low shelf in the kitchen.

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

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