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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Peters look for to wrap Mrs. Wright's clothing in?
(a) Burlap.
(b) Silk fabric.
(c) A pillowcase.
(d) Paper and string.

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

3. What is Mrs. Hale's response when Mrs. Peters says, "Of course we don't know who killed the bird"?
(a) "John Wright did."
(b) "I knew John Wright."
(c) "Minnie Foster did."
(d) "I knew Minnie Foster."

4. What was the name of Susan Glaspell's father?
(a) Elmer S. Glaspell.
(b) Theodore L. Glaspell.
(c) James. R. Glaspell.
(d) Forrest C. Glaspell.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had requested that Mrs. Hale come along to the crime scene in the beginning of the story?

2. For what short story did Susan Glaspell win a prize of $500 from Black Cat Magazine?

3. When the women are alone, Mrs. Peters tells Mrs. Hale, "Mr. Henderson is awful ______ in a speech."

4. In the actual murder case upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based, John Hossack was killed with what weapon?

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

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