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

2. In the actual murder case upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based, John Hossack was killed with what weapon?
(a) A rope.
(b) An axe.
(c) A gun.
(d) A frying pan.

3. Who announces, "I'm going to stay here awhile by myself" near the end of the story?
(a) George Henderson.
(b) Mr. Henderson.
(c) Mrs. Hale.
(d) Sheriff Peters.

4. Who does Mrs. Hale say "have their hands full" to Mr. Henderson?
(a) Women.
(b) Sheriffs.
(c) Farmers' wives.
(d) Men.

5. Mrs. Hale is startled by hearing Mrs. Peters say: "A person gets discouraged -- and loses" what?
(a) Morals.
(b) Ability.
(c) Heart.
(d) Focus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Peters claim cats are, when talking with Mr. Henderson?

2. Mr. Wright is described socially as a man who _____________.

3. What is beside the wooden bucket on a low shelf in the kitchen?

4. What does Mrs. Hale hate to see, as described in the beginning of the story?

5. Before Mr. Hale began his story, he looked "as if standing in that kitchen and having to tell what he had seen there yesterday morning made him" ____________.

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