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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of trees surround the Wright home?
(a) Maple.
(b) Cedar.
(c) Poplar.
(d) Pine.

2. Who asks the county attorney near the end of the story, "Did you want to see what Mrs. Peters was going to take in?"
(a) Minnie Foster.
(b) Mrs. Hale.
(c) Sheriff Peters.
(d) Mr. Hale.

3. The only unbroken jar of fruit in the cupboard is filled with ___________.
(a) Blackberries.
(b) Pears.
(c) Cherries.
(d) Apples.

4. As Mr. Hale began to retell the previous days events, Mrs. Hale "had that sinking feeling of the mother whose child is about to _____________.
(a) "Confess to something."
(b) "Get into trouble."
(c) "Speak a piece."
(d) "Lie to her."

5. Where did John Hossack's murder take place?
(a) Cairo, Illinois.
(b) Indianola, Iowa.
(c) Bowling Green, Kentucky.
(d) Columbus, Ohio.

6. What does Mrs. Hale suggest when Mrs. Peters questions what happened to Mrs. Wright's bird?
(a) "I suppose maybe the cat got it."
(b) "I think it flew away."
(c) "She gave it away."
(d) "It died of old age."

7. When the women are alone, Mrs. Peters tells Mrs. Hale, "Mr. Henderson is awful ______ in a speech."
(a) Amusing.
(b) Threatening.
(c) Sarcastic.
(d) Serious.

8. 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.

9. In what narrative mode is A Jury of Her Peers written?
(a) Second person.
(b) Fourth person.
(c) Third person.
(d) First person.

10. From where did Mr. Henderson travel to come to the crime scene?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Omaha.
(c) Denver.
(d) Chicago.

11. For what short story did Susan Glaspell win a prize of $500 from Black Cat Magazine?
(a) "The Mountains Within Me."
(b) "Joyous Spring Meadows."
(c) "Canyon of Sorrow."
(d) "For the Love of the Hills."

12. Mr. Hale had come by the previous day to ask Mr. Wright if he wanted what installed?
(a) A fence post.
(b) Gas heating.
(c) Electricity.
(d) A telephone.

13. Mr. Hale tells the sheriff that he had been going to town the previous morning with whom?
(a) Pete.
(b) Harry.
(c) Mrs. Hale.
(d) Henry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Hale's last line in the story?

2. In telling his story to the sheriff and county attorney, Mr. Hale remarks that he "didn't know as what his wife wanted" _____________.

3. In the actual murder case upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based, John Hossack was killed with what weapon?

4. Who discovers uneven stitching in one of the quilt blocks?

5. According to Mr. Hale's story, Mrs. Wright was doing what to her apron when he visited?

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