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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. Of Mrs. Hale, Susan Glaspell writes, "the fact that she had lived neighbor to that girl for twenty years, and had let her die for" what was more than she could bear?
(a) "Lack of life."
(b) "Mere boredom."
(c) "Lack of loneliness."
(d) "Companionship."

2. How many women are waiting in the two-seated buggy when Mrs. Hale goes out to join them in the beginning of the story?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

3. What does Mrs. Hale notice about the kitchen table when she is alone with Mrs. Peters?
(a) It's covered in dust.
(b) It's half wiped clean.
(c) It is wobbly.
(d) It has a lot of scratches.

4. As Mr. Hale began to retell the previous days events, Mrs. Hale "had that sinking feeling of the mother whose child is about to _____________.
(a) "Get into trouble."
(b) "Speak a piece."
(c) "Confess to something."
(d) "Lie to her."

5. In what narrative mode is A Jury of Her Peers written?
(a) First person.
(b) Fourth person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Second person.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mrs. Hale tells Mr. Henderson that she rarely visited the Wright home because it didn't seem very ________.

3. What word means to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure?

4. What color roll of cloth does Mrs. Hale remove from Mrs. Wright's basket?

5. Who is to bring Mrs. Wright some things at the jail?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens after Mr. Hale finishes his story of the previous day's events?

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

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

5. What does Mrs. Hale remark to Mrs. Peters about the lack of children in the home and Mr. Wright's personality when the women are alone?

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

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

8. How does the theme of guilt apply to Mrs. Hale in the narrative?

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

10. What does Mrs. Hale regard of Mrs. Wright's clothing in the narrative?

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