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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Trifles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Hale remarks that there was a man selling what kind of birds last year?
(a) Canaries
(b) Finches
(c) Parrots
(d) Parakeets

2. Mrs. Peters exclaims to Mrs. Hale, “My, it’s a good thing the men couldn’t hear us. Wouldn’t they just laugh! Getting all stirred up over a little things like a” what?
(a) Dead canary
(b) Broken jar
(c) Dead kitten
(d) Birdcage

3. What is the name of the Sheriff’s Deputy?
(a) Frank
(b) Paul
(c) Harry
(d) Mitch

4. What character is described as a woman who “would ordinarily be called more comfortable looking, but she is disturbed now”?
(a) Mrs. Wright
(b) Mrs. Hale
(c) Mrs. Peters
(d) Bessie

5. Mrs. Peters claims that “[t]he law has got to” do what?
(a) Collect taxes
(b) Punish crime
(c) Uphold itself
(d) Be right

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Hale say she hasn’t visited the Wright home much?

2. Who claims “Somebody should have been left here yesterday”?

3. What title refers to an officer, as of a county or municipality, whose chief function is to investigate any death not clearly resulting from natural causes?

4. What kind of pattern do the women see in Mrs. Wright’s sewing in the sewing basket?

5. According to Mrs. Peters, where is Mrs. Wright’s shawl always hung?

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