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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the actual murder case upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based, John Hossack was killed with what weapon?
(a) A gun.
(b) A frying pan.
(c) An axe.
(d) A rope.

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

3. What does Mrs. Hale discover under the cloth in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?
(a) A dead mouse.
(b) A pretty box.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) A gun.

4. Where did Mrs. Wright point when Mr. Hale asked the whereabouts of Mr. Wright?
(a) Into the kitchen.
(b) Into the bathroom.
(c) Upstairs.
(d) Toward the backyard.

5. What did Mr. Hale think he heard someone say the second time he knocked on the Wright's door the previous day?
(a) "No one's home."
(b) "Go away."
(c) "Come in."
(d) "Mr. Wright is dead."

6. What is the setting of A Jury of Her Peers?
(a) Anderson County.
(b) Wright County.
(c) Jackson County.
(d) Dickson County.

7. When talking with Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale claims, "If there had been years and years of -- nothing, then a bird to sing to you, it would be awful ____ after the bird was still."
(a) Yet.
(b) Again.
(c) Lonesome.
(d) Still.

8. What word means to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure?
(a) Accuse.
(b) Reproach.
(c) Condemn.
(d) Heresy.

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

10. What does Mrs. Peters notice about the bird cage?
(a) It is missing a panel.
(b) There is no cover.
(c) It leans to the side.
(d) The door is broken.

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

12. Who stands accused of murder in A Jury of Her Peers?
(a) John Wright.
(b) Martha Hale.
(c) Minnie Wright.
(d) Mrs. Peters.

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

14. What does Mrs. Hale suggest Mrs. Peters take with her to Mrs. Wright at the jail, to "take up her mind"?
(a) The rope.
(b) The bird.
(c) A photo album.
(d) The quilt.

15. What does Mrs. Hale almost sit down on when she is alone with Mrs. Peters?
(a) The porch swing.
(b) The rocking chair.
(c) The couch.
(d) The kitchen table.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color roll of cloth does Mrs. Hale remove from Mrs. Wright's basket?

2. Mrs. Hale tells Mrs. Peters, "I sew awful queer sometimes when I'm" what?

3. Of Mrs. Hale, Susan Glaspell writes, "the fact that she had lived neighbor to that girl for twenty years, and had let her die for" what was more than she could bear?

4. What kind of trees surround the Wright home?

5. How did Mrs. Wright describe her sleeping habits to Mr. Hale?

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