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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Henry Peters tell that they will be right out as he goes into the other room with George Henderson?
(a) Frank
(b) Lewis Hale
(c) Dr. Lloyd
(d) Harry

3. When speaking to Mrs. Peters what does Mrs. Hale compare Mr. Wright to?
(a) A diamond in the rough
(b) A desert storm
(c) A raw wind
(d) A movie star

4. What does Mrs. Peters remark that Mrs. Wright had been doing when she takes out a sewing basket?
(a) Sewing a dress
(b) Crocheting a blanket
(c) Piecing a quilt
(d) Knitting a shawl

5. How do the women determine Mrs. Wright’s pet had been killed?
(a) It was strangled
(b) A dog got it
(c) A cat got it
(d) It was run over

Short Answer Questions

1. Remarks about Mr. Wright indicate that he did not do much of what?

2. Mrs. Hale refers to Mrs. Wright as “real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and” what?

3. At the end of the play, where does Mrs. Hale stash the box?

4. Where do the women go to gather some things to take to Mrs. Wright in jail?

5. Mrs. Hale says to Mrs. Peters, “I tell you, it’s queer, Mrs. Peters. We live close together and we live” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hale say to Mrs. Peters in disregarding the stitching of the quilt?

2. What condescending comments are made of the women as the men first disappear upstairs?

3. How does Mrs. Peters attempt to maintain objectiveness with Mrs. Hale when she concludes Minnie's innocence?

4. What causes Mr. Hale to backtrack in his description of Mrs. Wright's demeanor in his interview with the County Attorney?

5. What does Mrs. Hale regard of Mrs. Wright's clothing?

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

7. What do the two women remark about the birdcage when they discover it?

8. What does Mrs. Hale remark to Mrs. Peters about the signs of anger in the Wrights' house?

9. What does Mrs. Hale do with the stitching on the quilt? What is Mrs. Peters' response?

10. What comment is made regarding the kitchen before the men depart upstairs? Why is this significant?

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