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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the actual murder case upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based, John Hossack was killed with what weapon?

2. According to Mr. Hale's story, Mrs. Wright was doing what to her apron when he visited?

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

4. From what university did Susan Glaspell earn her bachelor's degree?

5. How many men are waiting in the two-seated buggy when Mrs. Hale goes out to join them in the beginning of the story?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the Wright property described in the narrative?

3. How does Mrs. Hale recall Mrs. Wright? What significance does this have in interpreting Minnie's character?

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

5. How does Mr. Henderson explain the need for a motive in the case to the sheriff?

6. How is the theme of female loyalty illustrated in the story?

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

8. What condescending comments are made of the women as the men disappear upstairs?

9. What close call do the women face in the climax of the story regarding the evidence?

10. What does Mr. Hale describe when he knocked at the Wrights' door the previous day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Mrs. Hale and her relationship to Mrs. Wright in the narrative. How did Mrs. Hale know Mrs. Wright? Were they close? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the setting of the story and discuss how this setting evokes mood. How is the Wright home described? What visceral sense do you get from the descriptions of the house? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between Sheriff Peters and Mrs. Peters in comparison with the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Hale. What similarities are there? What differences?

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