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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Hale's first name?
(a) George.
(b) John.
(c) Henry.
(d) Lewis.

2. What does Mrs. Peters look for to wrap Mrs. Wright's clothing in?
(a) Paper and string.
(b) A pillowcase.
(c) Silk fabric.
(d) Burlap.

3. What does Mrs. Hale absentmindedly begin to do with the ill-stitched block of quilting?
(a) Cut it with scissors.
(b) Throw it in the fireplace.
(c) Fold it and put it away.
(d) Take out the stitches.

4. 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.

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

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

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

8. What does Mrs. Hale suggest when Mrs. Peters questions what happened to Mrs. Wright's bird?
(a) "It died of old age."
(b) "I suppose maybe the cat got it."
(c) "I think it flew away."
(d) "She gave it away."

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

10. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her "Then why can't I see him?" after he was informed Mr. Wright was home?
(a) "Cause he's dead."
(b) "Cause he's working."
(c) "Cause he's bathing."
(d) "Cause he's sleeping.."

11. Mr. Wright is described socially as a man who _____________.
(a) Was always the center of attention.
(b) Talked all the time.
(c) Always doted on his wife.
(d) Didn't talk much.

12. The county attorney states near the end of the story that "a sheriff's wife is married to" what?
(a) The public.
(b) The mayor's office.
(c) Her home.
(d) The law.

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

14. What does Mr. Hale tell the county attorney his first thought was, upon seeing Mr. Wright?
(a) To call the coroner.
(b) To put a blanket over him.
(c) To get the rope off him.
(d) To put Mrs. Wright in handcuffs.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mrs. Hale tells Mr. Henderson that she rarely visited the Wright home because it didn't seem very ________.

3. What color is Mrs. Wright's shawl?

4. Who was the previous sheriff in the county before Sheriff Peters?

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

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