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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. Where did John Hossack's murder take place?
(a) Cairo, Illinois.
(b) Indianola, Iowa.
(c) Bowling Green, Kentucky.
(d) Columbus, Ohio.

2. What theater troupe, of which Glaspell was a member, produced a one-act play with the same plot as A Jury of Her Peers?
(a) The Philadelphia Players.
(b) The Pittsburgh Players.
(c) The Punxsutawney Players.
(d) The Provincetown Players.

3. What time was it when Mr. Hale had stopped by the Wright home the previous day?
(a) After 8 a.m.
(b) Before 9 a.m.
(c) After 4 p.m.
(d) Before 12 p.m.

4. In Mrs. Peters' first attempt at small talk with Mrs. Hale she says, "The country's not very _____ this time of year."
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Warm.
(c) Wet.
(d) Cold.

5. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her the cause of death of Mr. Wright?
(a) "He died in his sleep."
(b) "He died of a rope around his neck."
(c) "He died of a gunshot wound."
(d) "He died from heartbreak."

Short Answer Questions

1. As the men reenter to leave, Mrs. Hale takes the box and puts it where?

2. The majority of the action in A Jury of Her Peers takes place in what room of the house?

3. What color is the rocking chair in the Wrights' home?

4. The county attorney asserts that there is "no sign at all of anyone having" what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What prevents Mrs. Hale from entering the Wright house upon their arrival?

3. When the county attorney asks if Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Wright had been friends, how does she reply?

4. What does Mr. Henderson discover broken in the cupboard?

5. How does Mrs. Hale feel when her husband begins retelling the previous day's events? Why?

6. What does Mrs. Hale discover in the box in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket? What does she do with it?

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

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

9. How does Mrs. Peters describe her understanding of stillness in the narrative?

10. What thoughts does Mrs. Hale have of the Wright residence when the carriage arrives?

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