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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hale respond when the county attorney sees the birdcage and asks, "Has the bird flown?"
(a) "To heaven."
(b) "We think the cat got it."
(c) "It has."
(d) "It was murdered."

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 sewing basket.
(b) The table.
(c) The quilt.
(d) The sugar bowl.

3. Who discovers uneven stitching in one of the quilt blocks?
(a) Sheriff Peters.
(b) George Henderson.
(c) Mrs. Peters.
(d) Martha Hale.

4. 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 John Wright."
(d) "I knew Minnie Foster."

5. When does Mrs. Hale recall having met Mrs. Peters previously in the beginning of the story?
(a) 2 months ago.
(b) 6 months ago.
(c) 1 year ago.
(d) 20 years ago.

6. Sheriff Peters is described as being particularly genial with____________.
(a) The law-abiding.
(b) Criminals.
(c) Inmates.
(d) Children.

7. What is Mr. Hale's response when asked the question of Mrs. Wright, "How did she seem to feel about your coming?"
(a) "Well, she asked me to stay for tea."
(b) "She seemed agitated that I was there."
(c) "Why, she jumped up and ran from the room."
(d) "Why, I don't think she minded -- one way or other."

8. What theater troupe, of which Glaspell was a member, produced a one-act play with the same plot as A Jury of Her Peers?
(a) The Provincetown Players.
(b) The Philadelphia Players.
(c) The Pittsburgh Players.
(d) The Punxsutawney Players.

9. Who announces, "I'm going to stay here awhile by myself" near the end of the story?
(a) Sheriff Peters.
(b) Mrs. Hale.
(c) George Henderson.
(d) Mr. Henderson.

10. What is Mrs. Hale's last line in the story?
(a) "Trifles are what men are."
(b) "We call it -- knot it, Mr. Henderson."
(c) "Minnie Wright is innocent."
(d) "We call it - stitch it, Mr. Henderson."

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

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

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

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

15. Mrs. Peters nervously says to Mrs. Hale, "it's a good thing the men couldn't hear us! Getting all stirred up over a little thing like a" what?
(a) "Dirty kitchen."
(b) "Quilt."
(c) "Sink of dishes."
(d) "Dead canary."

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing the case with the sheriff, the county attorney marks that the crime was committed in what way?

2. In the beginning of A Jury of Her Peers, when Martha Hale opens the storm-door and gets a cut of the north wind, she runs back for ________________.

3. What is the name of the county attorney?

4. The Wrights' home is located in what?

5. In what month does the story take place?

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