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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. What is the name of the county attorney?
(a) Lewis Hale.
(b) George Henderson.
(c) Henry Peters.
(d) John Wright.

2. What fur item does Mrs. Peters go to hang up when she discovers Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?
(a) A coat.
(b) A tippet.
(c) A cape.
(d) A hat.

3. What does Mr. Hale go to look after while the sheriff and county attorney are finishing investigating?
(a) The horses.
(b) The pigs.
(c) The chickens.
(d) The cows.

4. What had Mr. Hale been going to town to sell the previous morning?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Radishes.
(d) Potatoes.

5. Where do the women stand close together upon entering the Wright home?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The living room.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) In the doorway.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mrs. Peters asks if Mrs. Wright had a bird, Mrs. Hale replies that there was a man in town selling what the year before?

2. To what road did Harry go to use the telephone the previous day?

3. Who had the sheriff sent off "for that man who went crazy" yesterday in the story?

4. In what grammatical tense is A Jury of Her Peers written?

5. To whom does Sheriff Peters ask Mr. Hale to explain what he'd seen the previous morning in the beginning of the story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Mrs. Hale discover in the box in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket? What does she do with it?

6. How is Mrs. Peters described through Mrs. Hale's thoughts in the beginning of the narrative?

7. How does Mrs. Hale feel when her husband begins retelling the previous day's events? Why?

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

9. What does Mr. Hale respond when questioned about how Mrs. Wright appeared when he'd arrived the previous day?

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

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