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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many women are waiting in the two-seated buggy when Mrs. Hale goes out to join them in the beginning of the story?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) One.

2. What did Mrs. Hale feel she should take her hand off of once the men reentered, but found herself unable to do so?
(a) The table.
(b) The quilt.
(c) The sugar bowl.
(d) The sewing basket.

3. Where was Susan Glaspell born?
(a) Missoula, Montana.
(b) Bismarck, North Dakota.
(c) Davenport, Iowa.
(d) Spearfish, South Dakota.

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

5. Whom did Mr. Hale call in to go upstairs with him the day before when he found Mr. Wright?
(a) Harry.
(b) Peter.
(c) Frank.
(d) Mrs. Hale.

6. What does the sheriff suggest Mr. Henderson look at with him before leaving?
(a) The floors.
(b) The mirror.
(c) The barn.
(d) The windows.

7. 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 the car made it to town.
(c) Whether he turned the lights off.
(d) Whether he's safe in the jail.

8. Where do the women go to get things to take to Mrs. Wright?
(a) The front-room closet.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The bedroom.

9. What is Mrs. Hale's sister's name?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Heidi.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Bessie.

10. Mrs. Hale tells Mr. Henderson that she rarely visited the Wright home because it didn't seem very ________.
(a) Expensive.
(b) Motherly.
(c) Cheerful.
(d) Clean.

11. What is Mrs. Hale's response when Mrs. Peters says, "Of course we don't know who killed the bird"?
(a) "John Wright did."
(b) "Minnie Foster did."
(c) "I knew Minnie Foster."
(d) "I knew John Wright."

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

13. According to the county attorney when he exits with the men to investigate, who is "one of us"?
(a) Harry.
(b) Mrs. Hale.
(c) Mrs. Wright.
(d) Mrs. Peters.

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

15. Who enters the house near the end of the story saying, "I've got the team round now. Pretty cold out there"?
(a) Mrs. Peters.
(b) Mr. Hale.
(c) Sheriff Peters.
(d) Mrs. Hale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who announces, "I'm going to stay here awhile by myself" near the end of the story?

2. What does Mrs. Peters claim cats are, when talking with Mr. Henderson?

3. What color roll of cloth does Mrs. Hale remove from Mrs. Wright's basket?

4. When Mr. Hale was asked how Mrs. Wright looked when he had entered the previous day, he first responds that she looked __________.

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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