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

2. Who had requested that Mrs. Hale come along to the crime scene in the beginning of the story?
(a) George Henderson.
(b) Mrs. Peters.
(c) Lewis Hale.
(d) Henry Peters.

3. Who stands accused of murder in A Jury of Her Peers?
(a) Minnie Wright.
(b) Martha Hale.
(c) John Wright.
(d) Mrs. Peters.

4. What sentence follows Mrs. Hale's line: "No, Wright wouldn't like the bird -- a thing that sang. She used to sing"?
(a) "And then she killed him."
(b) "He killed that too."
(c) "And look where it got her."
(d) "He hated the melody."

5. What was Mrs. Peters' kitten killed with when she was young?
(a) An arrow.
(b) A rock.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A hatchet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Mrs. Hale recall having met Mrs. Peters previously in the beginning of the story?

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

4. Mrs. Hale states to Mrs. Peters, "The law is the law -- and a bad" what?

5. Who enters the house near the end of the story saying, "I've got the team round now. Pretty cold out there"?

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