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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Mr. Hale began his story, he looked "as if standing in that kitchen and having to tell what he had seen there yesterday morning made him" ____________.
(a) Almost sick.
(b) Want to leave.
(c) Almost turn blue.
(d) Want to throw up.

2. Mr. Hale tells the sheriff that he had been going to town the previous morning with whom?
(a) Henry.
(b) Harry.
(c) Pete.
(d) Mrs. Hale.

3. What color is Mrs. Wright's shawl?
(a) Gray.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Purple.

4. In her despair, Mrs. Hail says, "I tell you, it's queer, Mrs. Peters. We live close together, and we" what?
(a) "Run into each other once."
(b) "Are far too close."
(c) "Never see each other."
(d) "Live far apart."

5. Where did Mrs. Wright move to after Harry went to call for the coroner the previous day?
(a) The back yard.
(b) The front porch.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) A chair in the corner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sentence follows Mrs. Hale's line: "No, Wright wouldn't like the bird -- a thing that sang. She used to sing"?

2. As the men reenter to leave, Mrs. Hale takes the box and puts it where?

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

4. What unseen character is described as having "a voice that somehow seemed to be backing up the law with every word"?

5. The only unbroken jar of fruit in the cupboard is filled with ___________.

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