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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Susan Glaspell's father?
(a) James. R. Glaspell.
(b) Elmer S. Glaspell.
(c) Theodore L. Glaspell.
(d) Forrest C. Glaspell.

2. When Mr. Hale was asked how Mrs. Wright looked when he had entered the previous day, he first responds that she looked __________.
(a) Queer.
(b) Sick.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Angry.

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

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

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

6. Who had the sheriff sent off "for that man who went crazy" yesterday in the story?
(a) Frank.
(b) William.
(c) Roger.
(d) Carl.

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

8. What does Mrs. Peters attempt to put in her handbag before they leave the house?
(a) An apron.
(b) The box.
(c) A towel.
(d) Some jewelry.

9. What does Mrs. Hale discover under the cloth in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) A gun.
(c) A dead mouse.
(d) A pretty box.

10. What did Mrs. Wright do when Mr. Hale told her he wanted to see Mr. Wright the previous day?
(a) Went upstairs.
(b) Went to the kitchen.
(c) Wept.
(d) Laughed.

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

12. Mr. Henderson asks the sheriff if he's sure there's nothing in the kitchen that would point to any _______.
(a) Conspiracy.
(b) Maliciousness.
(c) Motive.
(d) Break-in.

13. Mrs. Hale describes Minnie Foster as having been _________ 20 years ago.
(a) Lively.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Strange.
(d) Depressive.

14. When Mrs. Peters asks if Mrs. Wright had a bird, Mrs. Hale replies that there was a man in town selling what the year before?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Canaries.
(c) Parrots.
(d) Pigeons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Susan Glaspell born?

2. What does Mr. Hale tell the county attorney his first thought was, upon seeing Mr. Wright?

3. What does Mrs. Hale absentmindedly begin to do with the ill-stitched block of quilting?

4. What does Mrs. Hale surmise Mrs. Wright was going to do with the bird?

5. As Mr. Hale began to retell the previous days events, Mrs. Hale "had that sinking feeling of the mother whose child is about to _____________.

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