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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 is the title of the original newspaper article upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based?
(a) "Mrs. Wright Kills Husband."
(b) "Rural Homicide."
(c) "The Hossack Murder."
(d) "Death on the Farm."

2. Mrs. Hale tells Mrs. Peters, "I sew awful queer sometimes when I'm" what?
(a) "Angry."
(b) "Lazy."
(c) "Just tired."
(d) "Preoccupied."

3. In what month does the story take place?
(a) May.
(b) June.
(c) September.
(d) March.

4. What does Mrs. Peters reply when the county attorney asks the women, "have you decided whether she was going to quilt it or knot it?"
(a) Neither.
(b) Both.
(c) Knot it.
(d) Quilt it.

5. How does Mrs. Hale describe the dress Minnie Foster wore while singing with the choir?
(a) Red with blue ribbons.
(b) Blue with red ribbons.
(c) White with blue ribbons.
(d) Blue with yellow ribbons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the boy who killed Mrs. Peters' kitten as a child, she says, "If they hadn't held me back I would have" what?

2. When did the murder trial of John Hossack take place?

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

4. Where do the men first gather upon entering the Wright house at the beginning of the story?

5. What does the county attorney say is "the thing we need" before exiting with the men to investigate?

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