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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 tells the sheriff that he had been going to town the previous morning with whom?
(a) Harry.
(b) Mrs. Hale.
(c) Pete.
(d) Henry.

2. Where did Glaspell study for one semester of graduate school?
(a) University of Phoenix.
(b) University of Miami.
(c) University of San Francisco.
(d) University of Chicago.

3. Mrs. Peters becomes frozen near the end of the story because she is unable to touch what?
(a) John Wright.
(b) The dirty dishes.
(c) The bird.
(d) The quilt.

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

5. In the actual murder case upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based, John Hossack was killed with what weapon?
(a) An axe.
(b) A rope.
(c) A gun.
(d) A frying pan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Peters claim cats are, when talking with Mr. Henderson?

2. What is Mr. Hale's response when asked the question of Mrs. Wright, "How did she seem to feel about your coming?"

3. In her despair, Mrs. Hail says, "I tell you, it's queer, Mrs. Peters. We live close together, and we" what?

4. Where did Mrs. Wright move to after Harry went to call for the coroner the previous day?

5. What does Mrs. Peters notice about the bird cage?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who went for help after discovering Mr. Wright's body? What did Mr. Hale discuss with Mrs. Wright?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is discovered by Mrs. Peters in the stitching of Mrs. Wright's quilt?

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

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