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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. 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 law.
(c) Her home.
(d) The public.

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

3. What does Mrs. Peters claim cats are, when talking with Mr. Henderson?
(a) Nocturnal.
(b) Murderous.
(c) Superstitious.
(d) Born hunters.

4. What is Mrs. Hale in the middle of making when she must leave her kitchen in the beginning of the story?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Bread.

5. The men reenter as Mrs. Hale is asking, "Do you suppose she was going to quilt it or just" what?
(a) Knot it.
(b) Poke it.
(c) Stitch it.
(d) Needle it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Hale describes Mrs. Wright as having been like a what in her youth?

2. Where was Susan Glaspell born?

3. What kind of trees surround the Wright home?

4. What does Mrs. Hale hate to see, as described in the beginning of the story?

5. Whose "hands aren't always as clean as they might be," according to Mrs. Hale?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Wright consider about the rocking chair in the Wrights' home? How is it described?

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

3. How is the theme of gender roles defined in the plot of the story?

4. What does Mrs. Hale hope her husband will do in retelling the previous day's events? Why?

5. When Mrs. Hale begins to piece together the story of Minnie Wright, how does she berate her own actions?

6. What leads the women to discover the pretty box in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?

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

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

9. What indication does Mrs. Wright give in front of Mr. Henderson that Mr. Wright was unpleasant?

10. How does Mrs. Peters describe her understanding of stillness in the narrative?

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