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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had the sheriff sent to make a fire at the Wright house that morning in the story?
(a) An inmate.
(b) The District Attorney.
(c) His wife.
(d) His deputy.

2. When Mrs. Peters asks if Mrs. Wright had a bird, Mrs. Hale replies that there was a man in town selling what the year before?
(a) Parrots.
(b) Canaries.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Pigeons.

3. As Mr. Hale began to retell the previous days events, Mrs. Hale "had that sinking feeling of the mother whose child is about to _____________.
(a) "Get into trouble."
(b) "Speak a piece."
(c) "Confess to something."
(d) "Lie to her."

4. 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) Pleasant.
(c) Cold.
(d) Warm.

5. 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 ________________.
(a) Snow boots.
(b) Her coat.
(c) A wool scarf.
(d) A hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Susan Glaspell's father?

2. What does Mrs. Hale notice about the kitchen table when she is alone with Mrs. Peters?

3. Who asks the county attorney near the end of the story, "Did you want to see what Mrs. Peters was going to take in?"

4. Where do the men go to investigate after returning from upstairs?

5. Mrs. Hale tells Mrs. Peters, "I sew awful queer sometimes when I'm" what?

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