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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mrs. Hale describe the dress Minnie Foster wore while singing with the choir?
(a) Red with blue ribbons.
(b) White with blue ribbons.
(c) Blue with red ribbons.
(d) Blue with yellow ribbons.

2. In what year did Susan Glaspell die?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1942.

3. In what grammatical tense is A Jury of Her Peers written?
(a) Present tense.
(b) Future tense.
(c) Present imperfect tense.
(d) Past tense.

4. As Mr. Hale began to retell the previous days events, Mrs. Hale "had that sinking feeling of the mother whose child is about to _____________.
(a) "Speak a piece."
(b) "Lie to her."
(c) "Get into trouble."
(d) "Confess to something."

5. What is half-sifted when Mrs. Hale departs her kitchen in the beginning of the story?
(a) Flour.
(b) Salt.
(c) Cocoa.
(d) Sugar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mrs. Hale's eldest son?

2. What had Mr. Hale been going to town to sell the previous morning?

3. When does Mrs. Hale recall having met Mrs. Peters previously in the beginning of the story?

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

5. What kind of trees surround the Wright home?

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