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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had the sheriff sent to make a fire at the Wright house that morning in the story?
(a) The District Attorney.
(b) His deputy.
(c) His wife.
(d) An inmate.

2. To what road did Harry go to use the telephone the previous day?
(a) 14th Street.
(b) Low Road.
(c) Main Street.
(d) High Road.

3. Where do the women stand close together upon entering the Wright home?
(a) The bedroom.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The living room.
(d) In the doorway.

4. What does Mrs. Hale discover wrapped in a piece of silk in Mrs. Wright's things?
(a) A dead canary.
(b) A broken plate.
(c) A jar of preserves.
(d) A journal.

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. According to Mr. Hale's story, Mrs. Wright was doing what to her apron when he visited?
(a) Ironing it.
(b) Ripping at it.
(c) Pleating it.
(d) Sewing a patch on it.

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

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

12. 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) Sheriff Peters.
(b) Minnie Foster.
(c) Mr. Hale.
(d) Mrs. Hale.

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

14. Where do the men go to investigate after returning from upstairs?
(a) The barn.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The basement.
(d) The field.

15. Mrs. Hale considers the manner of Mrs. Peters to be _________.
(a) Impulsive.
(b) Overbearing.
(c) Bullying.
(d) Shrinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hale begin to arrange after the men exit upstairs?

2. Where did Mrs. Wright point when Mr. Hale asked the whereabouts of Mr. Wright?

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

4. What does Mrs. Hale absentmindedly begin to do with the ill-stitched block of quilting?

5. Where did John Hossack's murder take place?

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