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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. When alone with Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale asks, "I wonder how it would seem never to have had any" what?
(a) "Company."
(b) "Contact with the world."
(c) "Children around."
(d) "Dogs around"

2. Mrs. Hale describes Mrs. Wright as having been like a what in her youth?
(a) Bird.
(b) Deer.
(c) Horse.
(d) Squirrel.

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

4. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her, "Who did this, Mrs. Wright?"
(a) "My son did it."
(b) "I don't know."
(c) "I did it."
(d) "A burglar did it."

5. In telling his story to the sheriff and county attorney, Mr. Hale remarks that he "didn't know as what his wife wanted" _____________.
(a) "As she was very quiet."
(b) "Made much difference to John."
(c) "Intrigued John."
(d) "Though John wanted to."

Short Answer Questions

1. The only unbroken jar of fruit in the cupboard is filled with ___________.

2. When the women are alone, Mrs. Peters tells Mrs. Hale, "Mr. Henderson is awful ______ in a speech."

3. What had Mr. Hale been going to town to sell the previous morning?

4. What does Mrs. Peters attempt to put in her handbag before they leave the house?

5. In describing Mr. Wright, Mrs. Hale claims he was "like a raw wind that" what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Mrs. Hale do with the stitching on the quilt? What is Mrs. Peters' response?

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

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

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

9. How does Mr. Henderson explain the need for a motive in the case to the sheriff?

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

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