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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the previous sheriff in the county before Sheriff Peters?
(a) Sheriff Gorman.
(b) Sheriff Jackson.
(c) Sheriff Roberts.
(d) Sheriff Rogers.

2. What does Mrs. Peters say Mrs. Wright had been worried about the night before when the weather turned?
(a) Her fruit.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her bird.
(d) Her cat.

3. What is the name of the deputy sheriff?
(a) Raymond.
(b) Albert.
(c) Michael.
(d) Frank.

4. In what grammatical tense is A Jury of Her Peers written?
(a) Future tense.
(b) Present imperfect tense.
(c) Past tense.
(d) Present tense.

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

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

7. The men reenter as Mrs. Hale is asking, "Do you suppose she was going to quilt it or just" what?
(a) Needle it.
(b) Knot it.
(c) Stitch it.
(d) Poke it.

8. Mrs. Hale remembers Mrs. Wright mostly as she was before she married, how many years ago?
(a) 30.
(b) 35.
(c) 20.
(d) 25.

9. What does Mrs. Peters say Mrs. Wright was frightened of in her house the previous day?
(a) Her cat.
(b) Her bird.
(c) Her husband.
(d) A spider.

10. What was Mrs. Wright's maiden name?
(a) Foster.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Fisher.

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

12. When did the murder trial of John Hossack take place?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1900.

13. What is Sheriff Peters' first name?
(a) John.
(b) Henry.
(c) George.
(d) Lewis.

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

15. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her, "Who did this, Mrs. Wright?"
(a) "I don't know."
(b) "A burglar did it."
(c) "My son did it."
(d) "I did it."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Hale go to look after while the sheriff and county attorney are finishing investigating?

3. 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 ________________.

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

5. What novelist and playwright did Susan Glaspell marry?

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