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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mrs. Hale describes Mrs. Wright as having been like a what in her youth?
(a) Bird.
(b) Horse.
(c) Squirrel.
(d) Deer.

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

4. What had Mrs. Wright requested to be brought to her at the jail in addition to clothes?
(a) A sweater.
(b) Shoes.
(c) A hacksaw.
(d) An apron.

5. Mrs. Peters nervously says to Mrs. Hale, "it's a good thing the men couldn't hear us! Getting all stirred up over a little thing like a" what?
(a) "Sink of dishes."
(b) "Dead canary."
(c) "Dirty kitchen."
(d) "Quilt."

6. 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) Still.
(b) Again.
(c) Yet.
(d) Lonesome.

7. What kind of weapon was in the Wrights' house but wasn't used on Mr. Wright?
(a) A gun.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A rope.
(d) A machete.

8. What is the pattern of the quilt the women discover in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Log cabin.
(c) Easter.
(d) Serene lake.

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

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

11. 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?
(a) "Lack of life."
(b) "Lack of loneliness."
(c) "Companionship."
(d) "Mere boredom."

12. Where was Susan Glaspell born?
(a) Bismarck, North Dakota.
(b) Spearfish, South Dakota.
(c) Davenport, Iowa.
(d) Missoula, Montana.

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

14. What does Mrs. Peters claim cats are, when talking with Mr. Henderson?
(a) Murderous.
(b) Born hunters.
(c) Superstitious.
(d) Nocturnal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sheriff suggest Mr. Henderson look at with him before leaving?

2. What does Mrs. Hale hate to see, as described in the beginning of the story?

3. Mr. Henderson asks the sheriff if he's sure there's nothing in the kitchen that would point to any _______.

4. Mrs. Hale tells Mr. Henderson that she rarely visited the Wright home because it didn't seem very ________.

5. When does Mrs. Hale recall having met Mrs. Peters previously in the beginning of the story?

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