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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What item makes Mrs. Hale nervous when the county attorney takes it out while listening to Mr. Hale's story?
(a) A knife.
(b) A ruler.
(c) A pencil.
(d) A pair of glasses.

4. Who does Mrs. Hale say "have their hands full" to Mr. Henderson?
(a) Sheriffs.
(b) Farmers' wives.
(c) Men.
(d) Women.

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

6. For what does Mrs. Hale repeatedly blame herself in the story?
(a) Not adopting the bird.
(b) Spreading rumors about Mr. Wright.
(c) Not visiting Mrs. Wright.
(d) Spreading rumors about Mrs. Wright.

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

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

9. What does Mrs. Hale surmise Mrs. Wright was going to do with the bird?
(a) Give it to the Sheriff.
(b) Throw it in the trash.
(c) Give it to Mrs. Wright.
(d) Bury it in the pretty box.

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

11. Whose "hands aren't always as clean as they might be," according to Mrs. Hale?
(a) Women's.
(b) Men's.
(c) Children's.
(d) Murderer's.

12. Mrs. Hale describes Mrs. Wright as having been like a what in her youth?
(a) Squirrel.
(b) Bird.
(c) Deer.
(d) Horse.

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

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

15. Where do the women stand close together upon entering the Wright home?
(a) The bedroom.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) In the doorway.
(d) The living room.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Peters attempt to put in her handbag before they leave the house?

3. How did Mrs. Wright describe her sleeping habits to Mr. Hale?

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. When was John Hossack murdered?

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