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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. The Wrights' home is located in what?
(a) A cul-de-sac.
(b) A thick forest.
(c) A hollow.
(d) An apple grove.

2. Who has been murdered in A Jury of Her Peers?
(a) Martha Hale.
(b) John Wright.
(c) Minnie Foster.
(d) Henry Peters.

3. In what year did Susan Glaspell die?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1961.

4. What was the name of Susan Glaspell's father?
(a) Forrest C. Glaspell.
(b) Elmer S. Glaspell.
(c) Theodore L. Glaspell.
(d) James. R. Glaspell.

5. As the men reenter to leave, Mrs. Hale takes the box and puts it where?
(a) In her coat pocket.
(b) Back in the house.
(c) Under the buggy seat.
(d) Behind a rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unseen character is described as having "a voice that somehow seemed to be backing up the law with every word"?

2. How many men are waiting in the two-seated buggy when Mrs. Hale goes out to join them in the beginning of the story?

3. Mr. Wright is described socially as a man who _____________.

4. What is Mrs. Hale in the middle of making when she must leave her kitchen in the beginning of the story?

5. Who had the sheriff sent to make a fire at the Wright house that morning in the story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What condescending comments are made of the women as the men disappear upstairs?

5. What is the response of the men when they discover the women examining the sewing basket?

6. Why had Mr. Hale stopped at the Wrights' property the previous day?

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

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

9. How does Mrs. Hale feel about leaving her kitchen in the beginning of the story? Why?

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

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