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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Peters becomes frozen near the end of the story because she is unable to touch what?
(a) John Wright.
(b) The bird.
(c) The dirty dishes.
(d) The quilt.

2. 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."

3. What does Mrs. Hale discover wrapped in a piece of silk in Mrs. Wright's things?
(a) A broken plate.
(b) A dead canary.
(c) A jar of preserves.
(d) A journal.

4. Mr. Henderson asks the sheriff if he's sure there's nothing in the kitchen that would point to any _______.
(a) Motive.
(b) Break-in.
(c) Conspiracy.
(d) Maliciousness.

5. Mrs. Hale suggests that Mrs. Peters not tell Mrs. Wright what?
(a) The fruit is ruined.
(b) Her stitching was off.
(c) The dishes weren't done.
(d) They found the bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had the sheriff sent to make a fire at the Wright house that morning in the story?

2. Of the boy who killed Mrs. Peters' kitten as a child, she says, "If they hadn't held me back I would have" what?

3. What does Mrs. Hale almost sit down on when she is alone with Mrs. Peters?

4. Mrs. Hale tells Mr. Henderson that she rarely visited the Wright home because it didn't seem very ________.

5. What novelist and playwright did Susan Glaspell marry?

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