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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 is Mr. Hale's response when asked the question of Mrs. Wright, "How did she seem to feel about your coming?"
(a) "Why, she jumped up and ran from the room."
(b) "Why, I don't think she minded -- one way or other."
(c) "Well, she asked me to stay for tea."
(d) "She seemed agitated that I was there."

2. What is the pattern of the quilt the women discover in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?
(a) Easter.
(b) Serene lake.
(c) Log cabin.
(d) Christmas.

3. 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) Canaries.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Parrots.
(d) Hawks.

4. What was the first novel published by Susan Glaspell?
(a) The Visioning.
(b) Fugitive's Return.
(c) The Morning Is Near Us.
(d) The Glory of the Conquered.

5. Whom did Mr. Hale call in to go upstairs with him the day before when he found Mr. Wright?
(a) Frank.
(b) Harry.
(c) Mrs. Hale.
(d) Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hale discover under the cloth in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?

2. The only unbroken jar of fruit in the cupboard is filled with ___________.

3. How many times had Mrs. Hale been to the Wright home before the narrative begins?

4. What word means concealed; secret; disguised?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the theme of gender roles defined in the plot of the story?

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

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

5. How does Mrs. Hale feel when her husband begins retelling the previous day's events? Why?

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

7. How do the men respond to Mrs. Wright's worry about her preserves?

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

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

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

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