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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 asks the county attorney near the end of the story, "Did you want to see what Mrs. Peters was going to take in?"
(a) Mrs. Hale.
(b) Minnie Foster.
(c) Mr. Hale.
(d) Sheriff Peters.

2. Mr. Henderson states, after discovering a mess in the kitchen, "I guess before we're through with her she may have something more serious than _____ to worry about."
(a) A filthy kitchen.
(b) Housework.
(c) Dirty dishes.
(d) Preserves.

3. Who had requested that Mrs. Hale come along to the crime scene in the beginning of the story?
(a) Lewis Hale.
(b) Henry Peters.
(c) George Henderson.
(d) Mrs. Peters.

4. What does Mrs. Hale absentmindedly begin to do with the ill-stitched block of quilting?
(a) Take out the stitches.
(b) Cut it with scissors.
(c) Throw it in the fireplace.
(d) Fold it and put it away.

5. What kind of trees surround the Wright home?
(a) Pine.
(b) Poplar.
(c) Maple.
(d) Cedar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Hale discover under the cloth in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?

3. What does the county attorney say is "the thing we need" before exiting with the men to investigate?

4. What does Mrs. Hale surmise Mrs. Wright was going to do with the bird?

5. Who went on trial for the murder of John Hossack?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mrs. Wright inform Mr. Hale of her husband's location and means of death?

2. What causes Mr. Hale to backtrack in his description of Mrs. Wright's demeanor in his interview with the county attorney?

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

4. What is the response of the men when they discover the women examining the sewing basket?

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

6. How does Mrs. Peters attempt to maintain objectiveness with Mrs. Hale when she concludes Minnie's innocence?

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

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

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

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

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