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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mrs. Hale describe the dress Minnie Foster wore while singing with the choir?
(a) White with blue ribbons.
(b) Red with blue ribbons.
(c) Blue with red ribbons.
(d) Blue with yellow ribbons.

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

3. When was Susan Glaspell born?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1876.

4. Where do the men first gather upon entering the Wright house at the beginning of the story?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The doorway.
(c) The stove.
(d) The bedroom.

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

6. When Mrs. Peters asks if Mrs. Wright had a bird, Mrs. Hale replies that there was a man in town selling what the year before?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Parrots.
(c) Pigeons.
(d) Canaries.

7. Mrs. Hale recalled that upon meeting Mrs. Peters the first time she didn't seem like _____________.
(a) A republican.
(b) A mormon.
(c) A sheriff's wife.
(d) A mother.

8. What is beside the wooden bucket on a low shelf in the kitchen?
(a) A stock pot.
(b) A knife.
(c) A sweater.
(d) A paper bag.

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

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

11. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her the cause of death of Mr. Wright?
(a) "He died of a rope around his neck."
(b) "He died in his sleep."
(c) "He died of a gunshot wound."
(d) "He died from heartbreak."

12. The county attorney asserts that there is "no sign at all of anyone having" what?
(a) "Struggled."
(b) "Stolen anything."
(c) "Come in from the outside."
(d) "An argument."

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

14. What does the county attorney say is "the thing we need" before exiting with the men to investigate?
(a) A weapon.
(b) A time of death.
(c) A motive.
(d) A suspect.

15. How many times had Mrs. Hale been to the Wright home before the narrative begins?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Hale's eldest son doing in town while she and her husband are with the sheriff in the story?

2. When was A Jury of Her Peers published?

3. Who was the previous sheriff in the county before Sheriff Peters?

4. The majority of the action in A Jury of Her Peers takes place in what room of the house?

5. Where had Mrs. Hale met Mrs. Peters previously?

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