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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 Mrs. Hale's last line in the story?
(a) "We call it -- knot it, Mr. Henderson."
(b) "Trifles are what men are."
(c) "We call it - stitch it, Mr. Henderson."
(d) "Minnie Wright is innocent."

2. What is half-sifted when Mrs. Hale departs her kitchen in the beginning of the story?
(a) Flour.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Salt.
(d) Cocoa.

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

4. What does Mrs. Hale hate to see, as described in the beginning of the story?
(a) Broken stoves.
(b) Things half done.
(c) Women in ratty clothing.
(d) Hungry children.

5. What does Mrs. Hale suggest when Mrs. Peters questions what happened to Mrs. Wright's bird?
(a) "She gave it away."
(b) "I suppose maybe the cat got it."
(c) "I think it flew away."
(d) "It died of old age."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hale surmise Mrs. Wright was going to do with the bird?

2. When Mr. Hale was asked how Mrs. Wright looked when he had entered the previous day, he first responds that she looked __________.

3. In what narrative mode is A Jury of Her Peers written?

4. What was Mrs. Wright's maiden name?

5. Who had requested that Mrs. Hale come along to the crime scene in the beginning of the story?

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