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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 Chicago.
(b) University of Miami.
(c) University of San Francisco.
(d) University of Phoenix.

2. Who enters the house near the end of the story saying, "I've got the team round now. Pretty cold out there"?
(a) Mrs. Hale.
(b) Mrs. Peters.
(c) Mr. Hale.
(d) Sheriff Peters.

3. Who discovers uneven stitching in one of the quilt blocks?
(a) Martha Hale.
(b) Sheriff Peters.
(c) Mrs. Peters.
(d) George Henderson.

4. What does Mrs. Peters reply when the county attorney asks the women, "have you decided whether she was going to quilt it or knot it?"
(a) Knot it.
(b) Neither.
(c) Both.
(d) Quilt it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hale suggest when Mrs. Peters questions what happened to Mrs. Wright's bird?

2. What did Mrs. Hale feel she should take her hand off of once the men reentered, but found herself unable to do so?

3. What is Mrs. Hale's first name?

4. What does Mrs. Peters attempt to put in her handbag before they leave the house?

5. The men reenter as Mrs. Hale is asking, "Do you suppose she was going to quilt it or just" what?

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