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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Hale tells Mrs. Peters, “If I was you, I wouldn’t tell her” what?
(a) Her bread was gone
(b) About the canary
(c) Her fruit was gone
(d) About the investigation

2. What does George Henderson ask the women when he sees the birdcage in the room?
(a) Did the cat get it?
(b) Was that Mr. Wright’s?
(c) Where is the bird?
(d) Has the bird flown?

3. What character asks “By the way, has anything been moved? Are things just as you left them”?
(a) Henry Peters
(b) George Henderson
(c) Frank
(d) Lewis Hale

4. The County Attorney remarks that Mrs. Wright did not have what instinct?
(a) The child birthing instinct
(b) The designer instinct
(c) The money-saving instinct
(d) The homemaking instinct

5. At what time does Mr. Hale knock on the Wrights’ door when he discovers the murder?
(a) Past 10:00 a.m.
(b) Before 3:30 p.m.
(c) Past 8:00 a.m.
(d) After noon.

6. As the women are alone downstairs, what items of clothing does Mrs. Peters carry in the room?
(a) A blouse and coat
(b) A jacket and shawl
(c) A hat and skirt
(d) A dress and skirt

7. Mrs. Peters says that Mr. Henderson is awful what “in a speech”?
(a) Sarcastic
(b) Malignant
(c) Cautious
(d) Arbitrary

8. 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?
(a) Taxidermist
(b) County Judge
(c) Coroner
(d) Minister

9. Mrs. Peters tells Mrs. Hale that when the boy killed her kitten she would have done what “if they hadn’t held me back”?
(a) Killed him
(b) Hurt him
(c) Run away
(d) Killed myself

10. Who enters first in the opening scene of Trifles?
(a) Henry Peters
(b) Lewis Hale
(c) George Henderson
(d) Dr. Lloyd

11. Mr. Hale says that he stops by the Wrights’ home to ask John Wright about sharing what?
(a) A barnyard
(b) A telephone line
(c) A fence
(d) Winter firewood

12. What is Mrs. Peters’ response when Mrs. Hale asks, “Do you think she did it?”
(a) No, I think she’s innocent
(b) Oh, I don’t know
(c) Oh, what do I care?
(d) Yes, I think she did

13. What word from the narrative refers to a valley?
(a) Doublet
(b) Fen
(c) Hollow
(d) Garter

14. How does Mr. Hale claim Mrs. Wright looks when the day he discovers the murder?
(a) Happy
(b) Serene
(c) Jovial
(d) Queer

15. Mrs. Hale remarks that Mrs. Wright did not even belong to what organization?
(a) The Women’s Book Club
(b) The Church Bakers
(c) The Church Choir
(d) The Ladies Aid

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Peters remarks to Mrs. Hale that when she was young, a boy killed her kitten with what?

2. Mrs. Peters tells Mrs. Hale, “Mr. Henderson said coming out that what was needed for the case was” what?

3. Who claims that she is cold?

4. What do the women note about the birdcage in the Wrights’ home while the men are outside?

5. What does Mrs. Peters use to wrap around a jar to take to Mrs. Wright?

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