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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 is the title of the original newspaper article upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based?
2. In what city did Glaspell work when she covered the murder trial of John Hossack?
3. What is Mrs. Hale's first name?
4. What is half-sifted when Mrs. Hale departs her kitchen in the beginning of the story?
5. Who had requested that Mrs. Hale come along to the crime scene in the beginning of the story?
Short Essay Questions
1. What leads Mrs. Hale to the conclusion that Mr. Wright killed the bird?
2. What is discovered by Mrs. Peters in the stitching of Mrs. Wright's quilt?
3. What memory of brutal loss does Mrs. Peters share from her childhood?
4. Who did Mr. Hale call inside after Mrs. Wright told him Mr. Wright was dead? What did they find?
5. What does Mrs. Peters say in response to Mrs. Hale berating herself for not visiting Minnie?
6. What passing comment of Mr. Hale's reveals information about the relationship of the Wrights'?
7. What does Mrs. Hale begin doing once the men exit to investigate upstairs? What does she discover in the kitchen?
8. What does Mr. Hale describe when he knocked at the Wrights' door the previous day?
9. What is suspicious about the choice of weapon used in the murder? What do the women remark about it?
10. Why had Mr. Hale stopped at the Wrights' property the previous day?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the use of exposition in A Jury of Her Peers. In a linear plot, where does the exposition generally fall in a story? How does this traditional plot structure apply to A Jury of Her Peers?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the symbolism of the bird cage, the pretty box and the dead canary in the story. What is represented by each?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the objectives of each character and the actions taken to achieve those objectives. What does Mr. Henderson want to find in the home? Why does he abandon the kitchen?
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