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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. What time was it when Mr. Hale had stopped by the Wright home the previous day?

2. How does Mrs. Hale describe the dress Minnie Foster wore while singing with the choir?

3. Who does Mrs. Hale say "have their hands full" to Mr. Henderson?

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

5. What was Mrs. Wright's maiden name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Mrs. Wright reply when Mr. Hale asked to see Mr. Wright?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Mrs. Peters say in response to Mrs. Hale berating herself for not visiting Minnie?

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

10. What does Mrs. Hale begin doing once the men exit to investigate upstairs? What does she discover in the kitchen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Define and identify the narrative mode and tense of the narrative. What distinction is made between "omniscient" and "limited" narrative modes?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the symbolism of the bird cage, the pretty box and the dead canary in the story. What is represented by each?

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