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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did Susan Glaspell die?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1948.

3. With what group had Minnie Foster sung in her youth?
(a) A high school band.
(b) A glee club.
(c) An opera.
(d) The town choir.

4. What does Mrs. Hale hate to see, as described in the beginning of the story?
(a) Broken stoves.
(b) Hungry children.
(c) Things half done.
(d) Women in ratty clothing.

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

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

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

8. Mrs. Peters becomes frozen near the end of the story because she is unable to touch what?
(a) John Wright.
(b) The bird.
(c) The quilt.
(d) The dirty dishes.

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

10. What time was it when Mr. Hale had stopped by the Wright home the previous day?
(a) Before 12 p.m.
(b) Before 9 a.m.
(c) After 4 p.m.
(d) After 8 a.m.

11. Before Mr. Hale began his story, he looked "as if standing in that kitchen and having to tell what he had seen there yesterday morning made him" ____________.
(a) Almost sick.
(b) Want to leave.
(c) Almost turn blue.
(d) Want to throw up.

12. Where had Mrs. Hale met Mrs. Peters previously?
(a) A parade.
(b) The library.
(c) The general store.
(d) The county fair.

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

14. Who had requested that Mrs. Hale come along to the crime scene in the beginning of the story?
(a) Lewis Hale.
(b) George Henderson.
(c) Henry Peters.
(d) Mrs. Peters.

15. Who states in the short story, "women are used to worrying over trifles"?
(a) Mrs. Peters.
(b) Mr. Henderson.
(c) Mr. Peters.
(d) Mr. Hale.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Sheriff Peters ask Mr. Hale to explain what he'd seen the previous morning in the beginning of the story?

2. To whose house did Harry go to use the telephone the previous day?

3. When was A Jury of Her Peers published?

4. Who is to bring Mrs. Wright some things at the jail?

5. Where do the men go to investigate after returning from upstairs?

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