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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. Mrs. Hale says to Mrs. Peters, “I tell you, it’s queer, Mrs. Peters. We live close together and we live” what?
(a) In ignorance
(b) Far apart
(c) In blindness
(d) In faith

2. When talking with Mrs. Peters, what does Mrs. Hale say her sister’s name is?
(a) Betty
(b) Sarah
(c) Bessie
(d) Marie

3. Mrs. Peters says that her first baby died when he was how old?
(a) 1 year
(b) 4 years
(c) 2 years
(d) 3 years

4. What word from the stage directions refers to something that lacks serious content?
(a) Facetious
(b) Misogynistic
(c) Gallant
(d) Manipulative

5. What is located under the sink in the opening scene of Trifles?
(a) Dog dishes
(b) A birdcage
(c) Dirty pans
(d) Clean towels

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, “Well, Women are used to worrying over trifles”?

2. What character says, “the law is the law”?

3. What word does Mrs. Hale refer to Mr. Wright as, which indicates that he was tight with money?

4. Where in the house does Mrs. Peters find a birdcage?

5. Mrs. Hale says of Mrs. Wright, “I should think she would ‘a wanted a” what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What leads the women to discover the pretty box in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?

3. What scene does Mrs. Hale recreate for Mrs. Wright after the men have exited upstairs?

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

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

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

7. What indication does Mrs. Wright give in front of Mr. Henderson that Mr. Wright is unpleasant?

8. When George Henderson asks if Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Wright had been friends, how does Mrs. Hale reply?

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

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

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