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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 does Mr. Hale go to look after while the sheriff and county attorney are finishing investigating?
2. Mrs. Hale is startled by hearing Mrs. Peters say: "A person gets discouraged -- and loses" what?
3. Before Mr. Hale began his story, he looked "as if standing in that kitchen and having to tell what he had seen there yesterday morning made him" ____________.
4. Mrs. Hale tells Mr. Henderson that she rarely visited the Wright home because it didn't seem very ________.
5. With what group had Minnie Foster sung in her youth?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mrs. Hale feel about leaving her kitchen in the beginning of the story? Why?
2. How does Mr. Henderson explain the need for a motive in the case to the sheriff?
3. What leads Mrs. Hale to the conclusion that Mr. Wright killed the bird?
4. How is Sheriff Peters described in the beginning of the narrative?
5. How is the theme of female loyalty illustrated in the story?
6. What is discovered about the birdcage which is uncanny by the two women?
7. What did Mrs. Wright do when Mr. Hale attempted to make small talk?
8. What does Mrs. Hale begin doing once the men exit to investigate upstairs? What does she discover in the kitchen?
9. When Mr. Hale questioned Mrs. Wright about her husband's murder, what did she inform him?
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 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
Discuss the character of Mr. Henderson and his role in the narrative. What threat does Mr. Henderson pose to Minnie Wright? What is Mr. Henderson's intention in his investigation?
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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