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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. When was Susan Glaspell born?

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

3. Mrs. Hale considers the manner of Mrs. Peters to be _________.

4. Why is Mr. Henderson unable to dry his hands after washing them in the sink?

5. What does Mrs. Peters attempt to put in her handbag before they leave the house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Mrs. Hale defend the suspect's dirty kitchen? What does Mr. Henderson regard this to be?

4. When the county attorney asks if Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Wright had been friends, how does she reply?

5. Who went for help after discovering Mr. Wright's body? What did Mr. Hale discuss with Mrs. Wright?

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

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

8. What memory of brutal loss does Mrs. Peters share from her childhood?

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

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 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 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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the author's childhood and family, education, career and published works, common themes and stylistic elements in writing. When in Glaspell's career was A Jury of Her Peers published?

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