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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the men first gather upon entering the Wright house at the beginning of the story?
(a) The doorway.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The stove.
(d) The bathroom.

2. Who stands accused of murder in A Jury of Her Peers?
(a) Mrs. Peters.
(b) Martha Hale.
(c) Minnie Wright.
(d) John Wright.

3. Who was the previous sheriff in the county before Sheriff Peters?
(a) Sheriff Gorman.
(b) Sheriff Roberts.
(c) Sheriff Jackson.
(d) Sheriff Rogers.

4. Where do the women go to get things to take to Mrs. Wright?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The front-room closet.

5. Why is Mr. Henderson unable to dry his hands after washing them in the sink?
(a) The towels are wet in the sink.
(b) There are no towels.
(c) The hand-towels are dirty.
(d) Mrs. Hale has the towels.

6. What kind of weapon was in the Wrights' house but wasn't used on Mr. Wright?
(a) A rope.
(b) A gun.
(c) A machete.
(d) A dagger.

7. Where had Mrs. Hale met Mrs. Peters previously?
(a) A parade.
(b) The library.
(c) The county fair.
(d) The general store.

8. Mrs. Hale considers the manner of Mrs. Peters to be _________.
(a) Impulsive.
(b) Overbearing.
(c) Bullying.
(d) Shrinking.

9. In describing Mr. Wright, Mrs. Hale claims he was "like a raw wind that" what?
(a) "Blows through the trees."
(b) "Has no mercy."
(c) "Gets into the bone."
(d) "Give you frostbite."

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

11. What word means "not generous, especially with money," does Mrs. Hale use in referring to Mr. Wright?
(a) Close.
(b) Thrifty.
(c) Cheap.
(d) Frugal.

12. When alone with Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale asks, "I wonder how it would seem never to have had any" what?
(a) "Contact with the world."
(b) "Company."
(c) "Dogs around"
(d) "Children around."

13. Where do the men go to investigate first after leaving the women in the kitchen?
(a) Into the yard.
(b) Downstairs.
(c) Upstairs.
(d) Into the nursery.

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

15. In the beginning of A Jury of Her Peers, when Martha Hale opens the storm-door and gets a cut of the north wind, she runs back for ________________.
(a) Her coat.
(b) Snow boots.
(c) A hat.
(d) A wool scarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Peters becomes frozen near the end of the story because she is unable to touch what?

2. What does Mrs. Hale respond when the county attorney sees the birdcage and asks, "Has the bird flown?"

3. What does Mrs. Hale hate to see, as described in the beginning of the story?

4. 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?

5. What is Mrs. Hale in the middle of making when she must leave her kitchen in the beginning of the story?

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