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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Hale muses, "Not having children makes less work, but it makes" what?
(a) Things too peaceful.
(b) Life boring.
(c) No sense.
(d) A quiet house.

2. Where did Mrs. Wright move to after Harry went to call for the coroner the previous day?
(a) The back yard.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The front porch.
(d) A chair in the corner.

3. What is Mrs. Hale's sister's name?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Bessie.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Heidi.

4. What sentence follows Mrs. Hale's line: "No, Wright wouldn't like the bird -- a thing that sang. She used to sing"?
(a) "And then she killed him."
(b) "And look where it got her."
(c) "He killed that too."
(d) "He hated the melody."

5. What does Mrs. Peters say Mrs. Wright was frightened of in her house the previous day?
(a) Her husband.
(b) A spider.
(c) Her bird.
(d) Her cat.

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

7. How many women are waiting in the two-seated buggy when Mrs. Hale goes out to join them in the beginning of the story?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) None.

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

9. Of Mrs. Hale, Susan Glaspell writes, "the fact that she had lived neighbor to that girl for twenty years, and had let her die for" what was more than she could bear?
(a) "Lack of loneliness."
(b) "Mere boredom."
(c) "Lack of life."
(d) "Companionship."

10. What does the county attorney say is "the thing we need" before exiting with the men to investigate?
(a) A time of death.
(b) A weapon.
(c) A suspect.
(d) A motive.

11. How old was Mrs. Peters' first child when he died?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

12. What is the title of the original newspaper article upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based?
(a) "Rural Homicide."
(b) "Death on the Farm."
(c) "Mrs. Wright Kills Husband."
(d) "The Hossack Murder."

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

14. Of the boy who killed Mrs. Peters' kitten as a child, she says, "If they hadn't held me back I would have" what?
(a) "Hurt him."
(b) "Killed him."
(c) "Gouged his eyes."
(d) "Stopped him."

15. What unseen character is described as having "a voice that somehow seemed to be backing up the law with every word"?
(a) Mrs. Jackson.
(b) Mrs. Rogers.
(c) Mrs. Roberts.
(d) Mrs. Gorman.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what group had Minnie Foster sung in her youth?

2. What is half-sifted when Mrs. Hale departs her kitchen in the beginning of the story?

3. What is Sheriff Peters' first name?

4. Who has been murdered in A Jury of Her Peers?

5. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her "Has anybody been notified?"

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