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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Mrs. Peters' first attempt at small talk with Mrs. Hale she says, "The country's not very _____ this time of year."
(a) Wet.
(b) Warm.
(c) Cold.
(d) Pleasant.

2. 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 quilt.
(c) The table.
(d) The sugar bowl.

3. What does Mrs. Hale begin to arrange after the men exit upstairs?
(a) Preserves.
(b) Papers.
(c) Quilts.
(d) Dirty pans.

4. What did Mr. Hale think he heard someone say the second time he knocked on the Wright's door the previous day?
(a) "No one's home."
(b) "Come in."
(c) "Mr. Wright is dead."
(d) "Go away."

5. What unseen character is described as having "a voice that somehow seemed to be backing up the law with every word"?
(a) Mrs. Roberts.
(b) Mrs. Gorman.
(c) Mrs. Rogers.
(d) Mrs. Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mrs. Wright point when Mr. Hale asked the whereabouts of Mr. Wright?

2. What does Mrs. Peters look for to wrap Mrs. Wright's clothing in?

3. In the beginning of A Jury of Her Peers, when Martha Hale opens the storm-door and gets a cut of the north wind, she runs back for ________________.

4. What does Mrs. Peters say Mrs. Wright was frightened of in her house the previous day?

5. Who was the previous sheriff in the county before Sheriff Peters?

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