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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mr. Hale tells the sheriff that he had been going to town the previous morning with whom?
(a) Henry.
(b) Mrs. Hale.
(c) Pete.
(d) Harry.

2. What fur item does Mrs. Peters go to hang up when she discovers Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?
(a) A tippet.
(b) A cape.
(c) A hat.
(d) A coat.

3. How many men are waiting in the two-seated buggy when Mrs. Hale goes out to join them in the beginning of the story?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

4. The county attorney asserts that there is "no sign at all of anyone having" what?
(a) "An argument."
(b) "Struggled."
(c) "Come in from the outside."
(d) "Stolen anything."

5. What color roll of cloth does Mrs. Hale remove from Mrs. Wright's basket?
(a) Pink.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Library of America select the original newspaper article upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime?

2. Who has been murdered in A Jury of Her Peers?

3. The only unbroken jar of fruit in the cupboard is filled with ___________.

4. What kind of trees surround the Wright home?

5. Mr. Henderson states, after discovering a mess in the kitchen, "I guess before we're through with her she may have something more serious than _____ to worry about."

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