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

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

3. For what does Mrs. Hale repeatedly blame herself in the story?
(a) Spreading rumors about Mr. Wright.
(b) Not visiting Mrs. Wright.
(c) Spreading rumors about Mrs. Wright.
(d) Not adopting the bird.

4. When discussing the case with the sheriff, the county attorney marks that the crime was committed in what way?
(a) Clumsily.
(b) Vengfully.
(c) Skillfully.
(d) Maliciously.

5. Where do the men first gather upon entering the Wright house at the beginning of the story?
(a) The bedroom.
(b) The stove.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The doorway.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Sheriff Peters ask Mr. Hale to explain what he'd seen the previous morning in the beginning of the story?

2. What is half-sifted when Mrs. Hale departs her kitchen in the beginning of the story?

3. What does Mrs. Hale surmise Mrs. Wright was going to do with the bird?

4. In Mrs. Peters' first attempt at small talk with Mrs. Hale she says, "The country's not very _____ this time of year."

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why had Mr. Hale stopped at the Wrights' property the previous day?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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