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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The county attorney asserts that there is "no sign at all of anyone having" what?
(a) "Come in from the outside."
(b) "An argument."
(c) "Struggled."
(d) "Stolen anything."

2. Where had the sheriff sent someone "for that man who went crazy" yesterday in the story?
(a) Morris Center.
(b) John's Ferry.
(c) Robin's Junction.
(d) Aurthur's Crossing.

3. What does Mr. Hale go to look after while the sheriff and county attorney are finishing investigating?
(a) The cows.
(b) The pigs.
(c) The chickens.
(d) The horses.

4. As the men reenter to leave, Mrs. Hale takes the box and puts it where?
(a) In her coat pocket.
(b) Under the buggy seat.
(c) Back in the house.
(d) Behind a rock.

5. When discussing the case with the sheriff, the county attorney marks that the crime was committed in what way?
(a) Maliciously.
(b) Skillfully.
(c) Vengfully.
(d) Clumsily.

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

7. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her, "Who did this, Mrs. Wright?"
(a) "I don't know."
(b) "I did it."
(c) "A burglar did it."
(d) "My son did it."

8. Who had requested that Mrs. Hale come along to the crime scene in the beginning of the story?
(a) Lewis Hale.
(b) George Henderson.
(c) Henry Peters.
(d) Mrs. Peters.

9. 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 dirty dishes.
(d) The bird.

10. What was Mrs. Peters' kitten killed with when she was young?
(a) A hatchet.
(b) A rock.
(c) An arrow.
(d) A shotgun.

11. What is the name of the deputy sheriff?
(a) Albert.
(b) Frank.
(c) Michael.
(d) Raymond.

12. When was A Jury of Her Peers published?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1912.

13. When talking with Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale claims, "If there had been years and years of -- nothing, then a bird to sing to you, it would be awful ____ after the bird was still."
(a) Lonesome.
(b) Yet.
(c) Still.
(d) Again.

14. In what year did the Library of America select the original newspaper article upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2002.

15. With what group had Minnie Foster sung in her youth?
(a) An opera.
(b) The town choir.
(c) A high school band.
(d) A glee club.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Hale's sister's name?

2. What had Mrs. Wright requested to be brought to her at the jail in addition to clothes?

3. How old was Mrs. Peters' first child when he died?

4. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her the cause of death of Mr. Wright?

5. When Mr. Hale was asked how Mrs. Wright looked when he had entered the previous day, he first responds that she looked __________.

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