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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Hale catches sight of an opened bucket of _________ on a low shelf in the kitchen.
(a) Honey.
(b) Flour.
(c) Rice.
(d) Sugar.

2. What did Mrs. Wright do when Mr. Hale told her he wanted to see Mr. Wright the previous day?
(a) Laughed.
(b) Went to the kitchen.
(c) Wept.
(d) Went upstairs.

3. How many men are waiting in the two-seated buggy when Mrs. Hale goes out to join them in the beginning of the story?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

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

5. Where do the men go to investigate first after leaving the women in the kitchen?
(a) Into the yard.
(b) Upstairs.
(c) Downstairs.
(d) Into the nursery.

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

3. What word means to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure?

4. In what grammatical tense is A Jury of Her Peers written?

5. What is the title of the original newspaper article upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based?

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