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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In telling his story to the sheriff and county attorney, Mr. Hale remarks that he "didn't know as what his wife wanted" _____________.
(a) "Made much difference to John."
(b) "Though John wanted to."
(c) "Intrigued John."
(d) "As she was very quiet."

2. Whom does Mrs. Hale suspect is partially to blame for the mess in the house, when she's alone with Mrs. Peters?
(a) The deputy sheriff.
(b) George Henderson.
(c) Sheriff Peters.
(d) John Wright.

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

4. What word means concealed; secret; disguised?
(a) Covert.
(b) Prominent.
(c) Overt.
(d) Malicious.

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

6. The only unbroken jar of fruit in the cupboard is filled with ___________.
(a) Blackberries.
(b) Pears.
(c) Cherries.
(d) Apples.

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

8. In what year did the Library of America select the original newspaper article upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2008.

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

10. What is Mrs. Hale's eldest son doing in town while she and her husband are with the sheriff in the story?
(a) Getting a watch fixed.
(b) Buying clothes.
(c) Buying food.
(d) Selling potatoes.

11. 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) Pigeons.
(b) Canaries.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Parrots.

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

13. For what short story did Susan Glaspell win a prize of $500 from Black Cat Magazine?
(a) "Canyon of Sorrow."
(b) "For the Love of the Hills."
(c) "Joyous Spring Meadows."
(d) "The Mountains Within Me."

14. What is Mr. Hale's first name?
(a) Henry.
(b) George.
(c) John.
(d) Lewis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Susan Glaspell's father?

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

3. Whom did Mr. Hale call in to go upstairs with him the day before when he found Mr. Wright?

4. What does Mrs. Peters look for to wrap Mrs. Wright's clothing in?

5. What does Mrs. Peters notice about the bird cage?

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