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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did the Library of America select the original newspaper article upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2008.

3. Who states in the short story, "women are used to worrying over trifles"?
(a) Mr. Hale.
(b) Mrs. Peters.
(c) Mr. Peters.
(d) Mr. Henderson.

4. Where was Mrs. Wright when Mr. Hale had entered the Wright house the previous day?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) At the kitchen table.
(c) In the rocking chair.
(d) Sleeping in bed.

5. In what month does the story take place?
(a) June.
(b) September.
(c) May.
(d) March.

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

7. In Mrs. Peters' first attempt at small talk with Mrs. Hale she says, "The country's not very _____ this time of year."
(a) Cold.
(b) Warm.
(c) Pleasant.
(d) Wet.

8. According to Mr. Hale's story, Mrs. Wright was doing what to her apron when he visited?
(a) Sewing a patch on it.
(b) Ripping at it.
(c) Ironing it.
(d) Pleating it.

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

10. What is the name of the county attorney?
(a) Henry Peters.
(b) George Henderson.
(c) John Wright.
(d) Lewis Hale.

11. What does Mr. Hale go to look after while the sheriff and county attorney are finishing investigating?
(a) The horses.
(b) The chickens.
(c) The cows.
(d) The pigs.

12. Before Mr. Hale began his story, he looked "as if standing in that kitchen and having to tell what he had seen there yesterday morning made him" ____________.
(a) Almost sick.
(b) Want to throw up.
(c) Want to leave.
(d) Almost turn blue.

13. Who had the sheriff sent to make a fire at the Wright house that morning in the story?
(a) His deputy.
(b) The District Attorney.
(c) An inmate.
(d) His wife.

14. What is beside the wooden bucket on a low shelf in the kitchen?
(a) A paper bag.
(b) A knife.
(c) A stock pot.
(d) A sweater.

15. What does Mrs. Hale suddenly become worried about regarding her son in the beginning of the story?
(a) Whether he's dressed warmly enough.
(b) Whether he's safe in the jail.
(c) Whether he turned the lights off.
(d) Whether the car made it to town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Susan Glaspell wrote A Jury of Her Peers based on the Hossack murder which she discovered working as _____________.

2. Where was Susan Glaspell born?

3. Who asks the county attorney near the end of the story, "Did you want to see what Mrs. Peters was going to take in?"

4. Why is Mr. Henderson unable to dry his hands after washing them in the sink?

5. What time was it when Mr. Hale had stopped by the Wright home the previous day?

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