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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 men go to investigate first after leaving the women in the kitchen?
(a) Into the yard.
(b) Downstairs.
(c) Upstairs.
(d) Into the nursery.

2. How old was Mrs. Peters' first child when he died?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

3. What did Mrs. Hale feel she should take her hand off of once the men reentered, but found herself unable to do so?
(a) The table.
(b) The sewing basket.
(c) The quilt.
(d) The sugar bowl.

4. What is beside the wooden bucket on a low shelf in the kitchen?
(a) A paper bag.
(b) A knife.
(c) A sweater.
(d) A stock pot.

5. When talking with Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale claims, "If there had been years and years of -- nothing, then a bird to sing to you, it would be awful ____ after the bird was still."
(a) Still.
(b) Again.
(c) Yet.
(d) Lonesome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mr. Henderson unable to dry his hands after washing them in the sink?

2. When Mr. Hale was asked how Mrs. Wright looked when he had entered the previous day, he first responds that she looked __________.

3. What kind of trees surround the Wright home?

4. The majority of the action in A Jury of Her Peers takes place in what room of the house?

5. Who enters the house near the end of the story saying, "I've got the team round now. Pretty cold out there"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Peters attempt to maintain objectiveness with Mrs. Hale when she concludes Minnie's innocence?

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

3. What does Mrs. Hale begin doing once the men exit to investigate upstairs? What does she discover in the kitchen?

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

5. Who went for help after discovering Mr. Wright's body? What did Mr. Hale discuss with Mrs. Wright?

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

7. What close call do the women face in the climax of the story regarding the evidence?

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

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

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

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