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

2. Whose "hands aren't always as clean as they might be," according to Mrs. Hale?
(a) Murderer's.
(b) Children's.
(c) Women's.
(d) Men's.

3. Who had the sheriff sent to make a fire at the Wright house that morning in the story?
(a) The District Attorney.
(b) An inmate.
(c) His deputy.
(d) His wife.

4. What is Mrs. Hale's eldest son doing in town while she and her husband are with the sheriff in the story?
(a) Buying clothes.
(b) Buying food.
(c) Selling potatoes.
(d) Getting a watch fixed.

5. Who was the previous sheriff in the county before Sheriff Peters?
(a) Sheriff Jackson.
(b) Sheriff Gorman.
(c) Sheriff Rogers.
(d) Sheriff Roberts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Peters look for to wrap Mrs. Wright's clothing in?

2. In what narrative mode is A Jury of Her Peers written?

3. 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" ____________.

4. In her despair, Mrs. Hail says, "I tell you, it's queer, Mrs. Peters. We live close together, and we" what?

5. Where did Glaspell study for one semester of graduate school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mrs. Wright reply when Mr. Hale asked to see Mr. Wright?

2. What causes Mr. Hale to backtrack in his description of Mrs. Wright's demeanor in his interview with the county attorney?

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

4. What indication does Mrs. Wright give in front of Mr. Henderson that Mr. Wright was unpleasant?

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

6. How does Mr. Henderson explain the need for a motive in the case to the sheriff?

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

8. How is the Wright property described in the narrative?

9. What leads the women to discover the pretty box in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?

10. What leads Mrs. Hale to the conclusion that Mr. Wright killed the bird?

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