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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. Mr. Hale had come by the previous day to ask Mr. Wright if he wanted what installed?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Gas heating.
(c) A fence post.
(d) A telephone.

2. What unseen character is described as having "a voice that somehow seemed to be backing up the law with every word"?
(a) Mrs. Rogers.
(b) Mrs. Gorman.
(c) Mrs. Roberts.
(d) Mrs. Jackson.

3. When the women are alone, Mrs. Peters tells Mrs. Hale, "Mr. Henderson is awful ______ in a speech."
(a) Sarcastic.
(b) Threatening.
(c) Amusing.
(d) Serious.

4. To what road did Harry go to use the telephone the previous day?
(a) Main Street.
(b) Low Road.
(c) 14th Street.
(d) High Road.

5. What is Mrs. Hale's response when Mrs. Peters says, "Of course we don't know who killed the bird"?
(a) "John Wright did."
(b) "I knew John Wright."
(c) "I knew Minnie Foster."
(d) "Minnie Foster did."

Short Answer Questions

1. Susan Glaspell wrote A Jury of Her Peers based on the Hossack murder which she discovered working as _____________.

2. The county attorney asks himself before exiting with the men, "But would the women know a ____ if they did come upon it?"

3. What does Mrs. Hale absentmindedly begin to do with the ill-stitched block of quilting?

4. What item makes Mrs. Hale nervous when the county attorney takes it out while listening to Mr. Hale's story?

5. Where do the women stand close together upon entering the Wright home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Sheriff Peters described in the beginning of the narrative?

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

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

5. What thoughts does Mrs. Hale have of the Wright residence when the carriage arrives?

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

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

8. How does Sheriff Peters begin the investigation after arriving at the Wright home? What does Mr. Henderson interrupt to ask?

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

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

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