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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 do the women stand close together upon entering the Wright home?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) In the doorway.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The living room.

2. What does the sheriff suggest Mr. Henderson look at with him before leaving?
(a) The windows.
(b) The mirror.
(c) The floors.
(d) The barn.

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

4. What item makes Mrs. Hale nervous when the county attorney takes it out while listening to Mr. Hale's story?
(a) A pair of glasses.
(b) A knife.
(c) A pencil.
(d) A ruler.

5. What is Mrs. Hale in the middle of making when she must leave her kitchen in the beginning of the story?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Bread.
(d) Pancakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has been murdered in A Jury of Her Peers?

2. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her "Has anybody been notified?"

3. Whom does Mrs. Hale suspect is partially to blame for the mess in the house, when she's alone with Mrs. Peters?

4. For what short story did Susan Glaspell win a prize of $500 from Black Cat Magazine?

5. Where do the men go to investigate first after leaving the women in the kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Peters say in response to Mrs. Hale berating herself for not visiting Minnie?

2. Why does Mrs. Hale defend the suspect's dirty kitchen? What does Mr. Henderson regard this to be?

3. What leads Mr. Henderson to the conclusion that Mrs. Wright is a bad housekeeper?

4. What does Mr. Hale respond when questioned about how Mrs. Wright appeared when he'd arrived the previous day?

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

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

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

8. What is the irony of the plot of A Jury of Her Peers?

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

10. How does Mrs. Hale begin to piece together the signs of anger in the Wrights' house?

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