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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. Mrs. Hale describes Minnie Foster as having been _________ 20 years ago.
(a) Lively.
(b) Depressive.
(c) Strange.
(d) Conservative.

2. Where was Mrs. Wright when Mr. Hale had entered the Wright house the previous day?
(a) At the kitchen table.
(b) In the rocking chair.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) Sleeping in bed.

3. What was Mrs. Wright's maiden name?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Foster.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Fisher.

4. In telling his story to the sheriff and county attorney, Mr. Hale remarks that he "didn't know as what his wife wanted" _____________.
(a) "Though John wanted to."
(b) "Intrigued John."
(c) "Made much difference to John."
(d) "As she was very quiet."

5. When Mrs. Peters asks if Mrs. Wright had a bird, Mrs. Hale replies that there was a man in town selling what the year before?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Canaries.
(c) Parrots.
(d) Pigeons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hale respond when the county attorney sees the birdcage and asks, "Has the bird flown?"

2. Where did Mrs. Wright point when Mr. Hale asked the whereabouts of Mr. Wright?

3. Mrs. Hale considers the manner of Mrs. Peters to be _________.

4. Whom did Mr. Hale call in to go upstairs with him the day before when he found Mr. Wright?

5. Whose "hands aren't always as clean as they might be," according to Mrs. Hale?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Mr. Hale questioned Mrs. Wright about her husband's murder, what did she inform him?

3. When does Mrs. Hale ask Mrs. Peters her opinion on the guilt of Mrs. Wright? What is her reply?

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

5. What foreshadowing is used in the opening scene of A Jury of Her Peers?

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

7. What does Mrs. Hale hope her husband will do in retelling the previous day's events? Why?

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

9. How does Mrs. Hale recall Mrs. Wright? What significance does this have in interpreting Minnie's character?

10. What does Mr. Hale describe when he knocked at the Wrights' door the previous day?

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