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

2. Mrs. Hale describes Mrs. Wright as having been like a what in her youth?
(a) Squirrel.
(b) Horse.
(c) Bird.
(d) Deer.

3. What does the sheriff suggest Mr. Henderson look at with him before leaving?
(a) The windows.
(b) The floors.
(c) The barn.
(d) The mirror.

4. When did the murder trial of John Hossack take place?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1902.

5. In what city did Glaspell work when she covered the murder trial of John Hossack?
(a) Madison, Wisconsin.
(b) Des Moines, Iowa.
(c) Nashville, Tennessee
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Mrs. Hale met Mrs. Peters previously?

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

3. What does Mrs. Hale absentmindedly begin to do with the ill-stitched block of quilting?

4. Mrs. Hale states to Mrs. Peters, "The law is the law -- and a bad" what?

5. To whom does Sheriff Peters ask Mr. Hale to explain what he'd seen the previous morning in the beginning of the story?

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