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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. Who went on trial for the murder of John Hossack?
(a) Minnie Hossack.
(b) Mary Hossack.
(c) Martha Hossack.
(d) Margaret Hossack.

2. Who is to bring Mrs. Wright some things at the jail?
(a) Sheriff Peters.
(b) Mrs. Hale.
(c) Mrs. Peters.
(d) Mr. Henderson.

3. 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) Yet.
(b) Still.
(c) Lonesome.
(d) Again.

4. What does Mrs. Hale surmise Mrs. Wright was going to do with the bird?
(a) Throw it in the trash.
(b) Bury it in the pretty box.
(c) Give it to the Sheriff.
(d) Give it to Mrs. Wright.

5. What does Mrs. Peters reply when the county attorney asks the women, "have you decided whether she was going to quilt it or knot it?"
(a) Neither.
(b) Both.
(c) Quilt it.
(d) Knot it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Mrs. Hale's eldest son doing in town while she and her husband are with the sheriff in the story?

3. What is beside the wooden bucket on a low shelf in the kitchen?

4. What theater troupe, of which Glaspell was a member, produced a one-act play with the same plot as A Jury of Her Peers?

5. What is Mrs. Hale's sister's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the character of Mr. Wright revealed in Mr. Hale's story?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What memory of brutal loss does Mrs. Peters share from her childhood?

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

10. How does Mrs. Hale recall Mrs. Wright? What significance does this have in interpreting Minnie's character?

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