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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Sheriff Peters ask Mr. Hale to explain what he'd seen the previous morning in the beginning of the story?
(a) Mr. Henderson.
(b) Mrs. Peters.
(c) Minnie Foster.
(d) Mrs. Hale.

2. In what year did Susan Glaspell die?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1961.

3. What fur item does Mrs. Peters go to hang up when she discovers Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?
(a) A hat.
(b) A tippet.
(c) A coat.
(d) A cape.

4. What is beside the wooden bucket on a low shelf in the kitchen?
(a) A stock pot.
(b) A knife.
(c) A sweater.
(d) A paper bag.

5. In the actual murder case upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based, John Hossack was killed with what weapon?
(a) A frying pan.
(b) A rope.
(c) A gun.
(d) An axe.

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

7. Whose "hands aren't always as clean as they might be," according to Mrs. Hale?
(a) Women's.
(b) Men's.
(c) Children's.
(d) Murderer's.

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

9. What is the name of Mrs. Hale's eldest son?
(a) Henry.
(b) Harry.
(c) Paul.
(d) Peter.

10. What does Mrs. Hale begin to arrange after the men exit upstairs?
(a) Quilts.
(b) Dirty pans.
(c) Papers.
(d) Preserves.

11. Mrs. Hale tells Mrs. Peters, "I sew awful queer sometimes when I'm" what?
(a) "Lazy."
(b) "Preoccupied."
(c) "Angry."
(d) "Just tired."

12. What color is the rocking chair in the Wrights' home?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

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

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

15. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her "Has anybody been notified?"
(a) "His son."
(b) "They're on their way."
(c) "No."
(d) "Yes."

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the play Trifles first produced?

2. How did Mrs. Wright describe her sleeping habits to Mr. Hale?

3. In what narrative mode is A Jury of Her Peers written?

4. Who is to bring Mrs. Wright some things at the jail?

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

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