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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hale hate to see, as described in the beginning of the story?
(a) Hungry children.
(b) Broken stoves.
(c) Things half done.
(d) Women in ratty clothing.

2. When does Mrs. Hale recall having met Mrs. Peters previously in the beginning of the story?
(a) 6 months ago.
(b) 20 years ago.
(c) 2 months ago.
(d) 1 year ago.

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

4. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her, "Who did this, Mrs. Wright?"
(a) "I don't know."
(b) "A burglar did it."
(c) "I did it."
(d) "My son did it."

5. When was Susan Glaspell born?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1891.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1869.

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

7. With what group had Minnie Foster sung in her youth?
(a) An opera.
(b) The town choir.
(c) A high school band.
(d) A glee club.

8. Who discovers uneven stitching in one of the quilt blocks?
(a) George Henderson.
(b) Sheriff Peters.
(c) Mrs. Peters.
(d) Martha Hale.

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. What is half-sifted when Mrs. Hale departs her kitchen in the beginning of the story?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Cocoa.
(c) Flour.
(d) Salt.

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

12. 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) "Gouged his eyes."
(b) "Killed him."
(c) "Hurt him."
(d) "Stopped him."

13. Mrs. Hale remembers Mrs. Wright mostly as she was before she married, how many years ago?
(a) 35.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

14. What word means to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure?
(a) Reproach.
(b) Accuse.
(c) Condemn.
(d) Heresy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hale notice about the kitchen table when she is alone with Mrs. Peters?

2. Who went on trial for the murder of John Hossack?

3. What did Mrs. Hale feel she should take her hand off of once the men reentered, but found herself unable to do so?

4. What had Mr. Hale been going to town to sell the previous morning?

5. In what month does the story take place?

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