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

2. What does Mrs. Hale absentmindedly begin to do with the ill-stitched block of quilting?
(a) Throw it in the fireplace.
(b) Fold it and put it away.
(c) Cut it with scissors.
(d) Take out the stitches.

3. In what month does the story take place?
(a) September.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) March.

4. What does Mr. Hale tell the county attorney his first thought was, upon seeing Mr. Wright?
(a) To call the coroner.
(b) To get the rope off him.
(c) To put a blanket over him.
(d) To put Mrs. Wright in handcuffs.

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" ____________.
(a) Almost sick.
(b) Want to throw up.
(c) Almost turn blue.
(d) Want to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many women are waiting in the two-seated buggy when Mrs. Hale goes out to join them in the beginning of the story?

2. Where was Susan Glaspell born?

3. The Wrights' home is located in what?

4. Mr. Hale had come by the previous day to ask Mr. Wright if he wanted what installed?

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

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