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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. Before Mr. Hale began his story, he looked "as if standing in that kitchen and having to tell what he had seen there yesterday morning made him" ____________.
(a) Almost sick.
(b) Almost turn blue.
(c) Want to leave.
(d) Want to throw up.

2. Where do the women go to get things to take to Mrs. Wright?
(a) The front-room closet.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The kitchen.

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

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

5. In what month does the story take place?
(a) May.
(b) September.
(c) March.
(d) June.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of A Jury of Her Peers, when Martha Hale opens the storm-door and gets a cut of the north wind, she runs back for ________________.

2. What time was it when Mr. Hale had stopped by the Wright home the previous day?

3. What is Mrs. Hale's last line in the story?

4. Mr. Hale had come by the previous day to ask Mr. Wright if he wanted what installed?

5. What is Mr. Hale's first name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who went for help after discovering Mr. Wright's body? What did Mr. Hale discuss with Mrs. Wright?

5. How is the theme of female loyalty illustrated in the story?

6. What passing comment of Mr. Hale's reveals information about the relationship of the Wrights'?

7. What is discovered about the birdcage which is uncanny by the two women?

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

9. How does Mrs. Hale feel about leaving her kitchen in the beginning of the story? Why?

10. How is Sheriff Peters described in the beginning of the narrative?

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