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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 does Mrs. Hale respond when the county attorney sees the birdcage and asks, "Has the bird flown?"
(a) "We think the cat got it."
(b) "To heaven."
(c) "It has."
(d) "It was murdered."

2. What does Mrs. Peters look for to wrap Mrs. Wright's clothing in?
(a) Silk fabric.
(b) A pillowcase.
(c) Burlap.
(d) Paper and string.

3. The county attorney states near the end of the story that "a sheriff's wife is married to" what?
(a) The mayor's office.
(b) The public.
(c) Her home.
(d) The law.

4. Where did Mrs. Wright point when Mr. Hale asked the whereabouts of Mr. Wright?
(a) Upstairs.
(b) Toward the backyard.
(c) Into the bathroom.
(d) Into the kitchen.

5. When was A Jury of Her Peers published?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1914.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had requested that Mrs. Hale come along to the crime scene in the beginning of the story?

2. Mrs. Hale suggests that Mrs. Peters not tell Mrs. Wright what?

3. What was Mrs. Peters' kitten killed with when she was young?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What passing comment of Mr. Hale's reveals information about the relationship of the Wrights'?

2. Who did Mr. Hale call inside after Mrs. Wright told him Mr. Wright was dead? What did they find?

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

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

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

6. How is Mrs. Peters described through Mrs. Hale's thoughts in the beginning of the narrative?

7. What is suspicious about the choice of weapon used in the murder? What do the women remark about it?

8. What does Mr. Hale describe when he knocked at the Wrights' door the previous day?

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

10. How is the theme of female loyalty illustrated in the story?

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