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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Hale's response when Mrs. Peters says, "Of course we don't know who killed the bird"?
(a) "I knew John Wright."
(b) "Minnie Foster did."
(c) "John Wright did."
(d) "I knew Minnie Foster."

2. Mrs. Wright's shawl always hangs on what?
(a) The cupboard door.
(b) The stair door.
(c) The coat rack.
(d) The closet door.

3. What is Sheriff Peters' first name?
(a) George.
(b) Lewis.
(c) John.
(d) Henry.

4. What does Mrs. Hale suggest Mrs. Peters take with her to Mrs. Wright at the jail, to "take up her mind"?
(a) The quilt.
(b) The rope.
(c) The bird.
(d) A photo album.

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

6. The county attorney asks himself before exiting with the men, "But would the women know a ____ if they did come upon it?"
(a) Clue.
(b) Murderer.
(c) Motive.
(d) Weapon.

7. The majority of the action in A Jury of Her Peers takes place in what room of the house?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The living room.
(d) The kitchen.

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

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

10. When was the play Trifles first produced?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1912.

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

12. What color is Mrs. Wright's shawl?
(a) Gray.
(b) White.
(c) Purple.
(d) Black.

13. What does Mrs. Peters claim cats are, when talking with Mr. Henderson?
(a) Born hunters.
(b) Superstitious.
(c) Murderous.
(d) Nocturnal.

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

15. What does Mrs. Hale respond when the county attorney sees the birdcage and asks, "Has the bird flown?"
(a) "We think the cat got it."
(b) "It was murdered."
(c) "It has."
(d) "To heaven."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of A Jury of Her Peers?

2. What word means concealed; secret; disguised?

3. Mrs. Hale remembers Mrs. Wright mostly as she was before she married, how many years ago?

4. When discussing the case with the sheriff, the county attorney marks that the crime was committed in what way?

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

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