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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Hale's eldest son doing in town while she and her husband are with the sheriff in the story?
(a) Buying food.
(b) Getting a watch fixed.
(c) Buying clothes.
(d) Selling potatoes.

2. Whom did Mr. Hale call in to go upstairs with him the day before when he found Mr. Wright?
(a) Mrs. Hale.
(b) Harry.
(c) Peter.
(d) Frank.

3. What does Mrs. Peters attempt to put in her handbag before they leave the house?
(a) The box.
(b) A towel.
(c) Some jewelry.
(d) An apron.

4. What word means to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure?
(a) Condemn.
(b) Reproach.
(c) Heresy.
(d) Accuse.

5. Who asks the county attorney near the end of the story, "Did you want to see what Mrs. Peters was going to take in?"
(a) Sheriff Peters.
(b) Mrs. Hale.
(c) Mr. Hale.
(d) Minnie Foster.

6. What word refers to lack of importance or consequence?
(a) Anarchy.
(b) Incognizance.
(c) Jubilation.
(d) Insignificance.

7. Mrs. Hale is startled by hearing Mrs. Peters say: "A person gets discouraged -- and loses" what?
(a) Morals.
(b) Heart.
(c) Focus.
(d) Ability.

8. What did Mr. Hale think he heard someone say the second time he knocked on the Wright's door the previous day?
(a) "No one's home."
(b) "Come in."
(c) "Mr. Wright is dead."
(d) "Go away."

9. What does Mrs. Hale surmise Mrs. Wright was going to do with the bird?
(a) Bury it in the pretty box.
(b) Give it to Mrs. Wright.
(c) Throw it in the trash.
(d) Give it to the Sheriff.

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

11. In her despair, Mrs. Hail says, "I tell you, it's queer, Mrs. Peters. We live close together, and we" what?
(a) "Are far too close."
(b) "Never see each other."
(c) "Live far apart."
(d) "Run into each other once."

12. What theater troupe, of which Glaspell was a member, produced a one-act play with the same plot as A Jury of Her Peers?
(a) The Punxsutawney Players.
(b) The Pittsburgh Players.
(c) The Philadelphia Players.
(d) The Provincetown Players.

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

14. Who went on trial for the murder of John Hossack?
(a) Mary Hossack.
(b) Martha Hossack.
(c) Minnie Hossack.
(d) Margaret Hossack.

15. What had Mrs. Wright requested to be brought to her at the jail in addition to clothes?
(a) An apron.
(b) A hacksaw.
(c) Shoes.
(d) A sweater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time was it when Mr. Hale had stopped by the Wright home the previous day?

2. From where did Mr. Henderson travel to come to the crime scene?

3. Mrs. Hale remembers Mrs. Wright mostly as she was before she married, how many years ago?

4. Where do the men first gather upon entering the Wright house at the beginning of the story?

5. When discussing the case with the sheriff, the county attorney marks that the crime was committed in what way?

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