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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do the men go to investigate first after leaving the women in the kitchen?
(a) Into the yard.
(b) Into the nursery.
(c) Upstairs.
(d) Downstairs.

3. Susan Glaspell wrote A Jury of Her Peers following the production of what play of the same plot and subject?
(a) Vanishing Evidence.
(b) The Quiet Farmhouse.
(c) Little Things.
(d) Trifles.

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

5. What was Mrs. Wright's maiden name?
(a) Fisher.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Foster.
(d) Jackson.

6. What is Sheriff Peters' first name?
(a) Lewis.
(b) John.
(c) Henry.
(d) George.

7. According to the county attorney when he exits with the men to investigate, who is "one of us"?
(a) Mrs. Peters.
(b) Mrs. Wright.
(c) Mrs. Hale.
(d) Harry.

8. What is Mr. Hale's response when asked the question of Mrs. Wright, "How did she seem to feel about your coming?"
(a) "She seemed agitated that I was there."
(b) "Why, she jumped up and ran from the room."
(c) "Why, I don't think she minded -- one way or other."
(d) "Well, she asked me to stay for tea."

9. How many times had Mrs. Hale been to the Wright home before the narrative begins?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

10. Who announces, "I'm going to stay here awhile by myself" near the end of the story?
(a) Mrs. Hale.
(b) George Henderson.
(c) Mr. Henderson.
(d) Sheriff Peters.

11. Mrs. Hale considers the manner of Mrs. Peters to be _________.
(a) Overbearing.
(b) Bullying.
(c) Impulsive.
(d) Shrinking.

12. In what narrative mode is A Jury of Her Peers written?
(a) First person.
(b) Third person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Fourth person.

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

14. How does Mrs. Hale describe the dress Minnie Foster wore while singing with the choir?
(a) Red with blue ribbons.
(b) Blue with red ribbons.
(c) Blue with yellow ribbons.
(d) White with blue ribbons.

15. Where was Mrs. Wright when Mr. Hale had entered the Wright house the previous day?
(a) In the rocking chair.
(b) Sleeping in bed.
(c) At the kitchen table.
(d) In the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sheriff Peters is described as being particularly genial with____________.

2. Who went on trial for the murder of John Hossack?

3. Where do the women go to get things to take to Mrs. Wright?

4. What word refers to lack of importance or consequence?

5. When alone with Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale asks, "I wonder how it would seem never to have had any" what?

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