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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 did Mr. Hale think he heard someone say the second time he knocked on the Wright's door the previous day?

2. In her despair, Mrs. Hail says, "I tell you, it's queer, Mrs. Peters. We live close together, and we" what?

3. What is Mrs. Hale in the middle of making when she must leave her kitchen in the beginning of the story?

4. What kind of trees surround the Wright home?

5. Where did Mrs. Wright move to after Harry went to call for the coroner the previous day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hale hope her husband will do in retelling the previous day's events? Why?

2. What leads the women to discover the pretty box in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?

3. What does Mr. Henderson discover broken in the cupboard?

4. What is discovered by Mrs. Peters in the stitching of Mrs. Wright's quilt?

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

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

7. What does Mrs. Wright consider about the rocking chair in the Wrights' home? How is it described?

8. How does the theme of guilt apply to Mrs. Hale in the narrative?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Minnie Wright in comparison with Margaret Hossack. How, in the articles about the Hossack trial, was Margaret Hossack described?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the character of Mrs. Peters and her relationship to the other characters in the narrative. What characteristics is Mrs. Peters described as having? What is Mrs. Peters' objective in the story?

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