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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. When was Susan Glaspell born?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1876.

2. How many men are waiting in the two-seated buggy when Mrs. Hale goes out to join them in the beginning of the story?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

3. What unseen character is described as having "a voice that somehow seemed to be backing up the law with every word"?
(a) Mrs. Gorman.
(b) Mrs. Roberts.
(c) Mrs. Rogers.
(d) Mrs. Jackson.

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

5. What is Sheriff Peters' first name?
(a) Henry.
(b) George.
(c) Lewis.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing the case with the sheriff, the county attorney marks that the crime was committed in what way?

2. Where do the women go to get things to take to Mrs. Wright?

3. What does Mrs. Hale discover wrapped in a piece of silk in Mrs. Wright's things?

4. When alone with Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale asks, "I wonder how it would seem never to have had any" what?

5. When did the murder trial of John Hossack take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is suspicious about the choice of weapon used in the murder? What do the women remark about it?

2. How is the character of Mr. Wright revealed in Mr. Hale's story?

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

4. How do the men respond to Mrs. Wright's worry about her preserves?

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

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

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

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

9. What scene does Mrs. Hale imagine after finding the half-poured sugar in the kitchen?

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

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