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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What unseen character is described as having "a voice that somehow seemed to be backing up the law with every word"?
(a) Mrs. Rogers.
(b) Mrs. Roberts.
(c) Mrs. Gorman.
(d) Mrs. Jackson.

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

4. Who enters the house near the end of the story saying, "I've got the team round now. Pretty cold out there"?
(a) Mrs. Peters.
(b) Mr. Hale.
(c) Sheriff Peters.
(d) Mrs. Hale.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the county attorney say is "the thing we need" before exiting with the men to investigate?

2. To what road did Harry go to use the telephone the previous day?

3. What does Mrs. Peters attempt to put in her handbag before they leave the house?

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

5. When was John Hossack murdered?

Short Essay Questions

1. What in the beginning of the story indicates the time period of the narrative?

2. How does Mrs. Hale "play off" the stitching of the quilt?

3. How does the theme of guilt apply to Mrs. Hale in the narrative?

4. What scene does Mrs. Hale imagine after finding the half-poured sugar in the kitchen?

5. What happens after Mr. Hale finishes his story of the previous day's events?

6. How does Mrs. Hale begin to piece together the signs of anger in the Wrights' house?

7. What comment is made regarding the kitchen before the men depart upstairs? Why is this significant?

8. What is suspicious about the choice of weapon used in the murder? What do the women remark about it?

9. How is Mrs. Peters described through Mrs. Hale's thoughts in the beginning of the narrative?

10. What memory of brutal loss does Mrs. Peters share from her childhood?

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