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

2. Where did Mrs. Wright move to after Harry went to call for the coroner the previous day?
(a) A chair in the corner.
(b) The front porch.
(c) The back yard.
(d) The bedroom.

3. Where was Mrs. Wright when Mr. Hale had entered the Wright house the previous day?
(a) Sleeping in bed.
(b) In the rocking chair.
(c) At the kitchen table.
(d) In the kitchen.

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

5. When discussing the case with the sheriff, the county attorney says, "But you know juries when it comes to" what?
(a) Murderers.
(b) Country folk.
(c) Couples.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mrs. Hale recalled that upon meeting Mrs. Peters the first time she didn't seem like _____________.

3. Mrs. Hale catches sight of an opened bucket of _________ on a low shelf in the kitchen.

4. 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?

5. Mr. Henderson asks the sheriff if he's sure there's nothing in the kitchen that would point to any _______.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the irony of the plot of A Jury of Her Peers?

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

4. When Mr. Hale questioned Mrs. Wright about her husband's murder, what did she inform him?

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

6. What does Mrs. Hale remark to Mrs. Peters about the lack of children in the home and Mr. Wright's personality when the women are alone?

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

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

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

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

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