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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Susan Glaspell wrote A Jury of Her Peers based on the Hossack murder which she discovered working as _____________.
(a) A lawyer.
(b) An actress.
(c) A journalist.
(d) A judge.

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

3. Mrs. Hale muses, "Not having children makes less work, but it makes" what?
(a) Life boring.
(b) No sense.
(c) A quiet house.
(d) Things too peaceful.

4. What was Mrs. Wright's maiden name?
(a) Fisher.
(b) Foster.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Johnson.

5. According to the county attorney when he exits with the men to investigate, who is "one of us"?
(a) Mrs. Hale.
(b) Mrs. Wright.
(c) Mrs. Peters.
(d) Harry.

6. When alone with Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale asks, "I wonder how it would seem never to have had any" what?
(a) "Dogs around"
(b) "Company."
(c) "Contact with the world."
(d) "Children around."

7. Whom did Mr. Hale call in to go upstairs with him the day before when he found Mr. Wright?
(a) Harry.
(b) Mrs. Hale.
(c) Frank.
(d) Peter.

8. In what city did Glaspell work when she covered the murder trial of John Hossack?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Des Moines, Iowa.
(c) Nashville, Tennessee
(d) Madison, Wisconsin.

9. 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 of a gunshot wound."
(c) "He died in his sleep."
(d) "He died from heartbreak."

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

11. What does Mrs. Hale hate to see, as described in the beginning of the story?
(a) Things half done.
(b) Hungry children.
(c) Women in ratty clothing.
(d) Broken stoves.

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

13. In what grammatical tense is A Jury of Her Peers written?
(a) Present tense.
(b) Present imperfect tense.
(c) Future tense.
(d) Past tense.

14. What does Mr. Hale go to look after while the sheriff and county attorney are finishing investigating?
(a) The chickens.
(b) The cows.
(c) The pigs.
(d) The horses.

15. The men reenter as Mrs. Hale is asking, "Do you suppose she was going to quilt it or just" what?
(a) Poke it.
(b) Stitch it.
(c) Needle it.
(d) Knot it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men are waiting in the two-seated buggy when Mrs. Hale goes out to join them in the beginning of the story?

2. Who enters the house near the end of the story saying, "I've got the team round now. Pretty cold out there"?

3. What does Mrs. Peters reply when Mrs. Hale asks her, "Do you think she -- did it?"

4. Mr. Hale tells the sheriff that he had been going to town the previous morning with whom?

5. Where do the men first gather upon entering the Wright house at the beginning of the story?

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