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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 Glaspell study for one semester of graduate school?
(a) University of San Francisco.
(b) University of Phoenix.
(c) University of Miami.
(d) University of Chicago.

2. Who states in the short story, "women are used to worrying over trifles"?
(a) Mr. Hale.
(b) Mrs. Peters.
(c) Mr. Henderson.
(d) Mr. Peters.

3. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her "Then why can't I see him?" after he was informed Mr. Wright was home?
(a) "Cause he's dead."
(b) "Cause he's bathing."
(c) "Cause he's sleeping.."
(d) "Cause he's working."

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

5. How does Mrs. Hale describe the dress Minnie Foster wore while singing with the choir?
(a) Red with blue ribbons.
(b) White with blue ribbons.
(c) Blue with red ribbons.
(d) Blue with yellow ribbons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the pattern of the quilt the women discover in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?

2. When talking with Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale claims, "If there had been years and years of -- nothing, then a bird to sing to you, it would be awful ____ after the bird was still."

3. What color is Mrs. Wright's shawl?

4. In what city did Glaspell work when she covered the murder trial of John Hossack?

5. In what grammatical tense is A Jury of Her Peers written?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mrs. Hale begins to piece together the story of Minnie Wright, how does she berate her own actions?

2. What did Mrs. Wright do when Mr. Hale attempted to make small talk?

3. How did Mrs. Wright inform Mr. Hale of her husband's location and means of death?

4. What is the response of the men when they discover the women examining the sewing basket?

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

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

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

8. How does Sheriff Peters begin the investigation after arriving at the Wright home? What does Mr. Henderson interrupt to ask?

9. Who did Mr. Hale call inside after Mrs. Wright told him Mr. Wright was dead? What did they find?

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

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