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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. When talking with Mrs. Peters, what does Mrs. Hale say her sister’s name is?
2. What key character in the play never appears onstage?
3. What does Mrs. Peters tell Mrs. Hale that she knows?
4. What character is described as a woman who “would ordinarily be called more comfortable looking, but she is disturbed now”?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. When does Mrs. Hale ask Mrs. Peters her opinion on the guilt of Mrs. Wright? What is her reply?
2. What do the two women remark about the birdcage when they discover it?
3. How does Mrs. Peters describe her understanding of stillness in the narrative?
4. When George Henderson asks if Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Wright had been friends, how does Mrs. Hale reply?
5. What does Mrs. Hale remark to Mrs. Peters about the lack of children in the home and Mr. Wright's personality?
6. What happens after Mr. Hale finishes his story of the previous day's events?
7. What comment is made regarding the kitchen before the men depart upstairs? Why is this significant?
8. What does Mrs. Peters say in response to Mrs. Hale berating herself for not visiting Minnie?
9. How does Mrs. Hale defend the suspect's dirty kitchen? What does Mr. Henderson regard this to be?
10. How does Mrs. Peters attempt to maintain objectiveness with Mrs. Hale when she concludes Minnie's innocence?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the character of John Wright and different qualities that lead the reader to believe Mrs. Wright killed him. Is the murder justified given the circumstances? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the relationship between the women in the narrative. How does the relationship develop? Why do the women gain sympathy for Mrs. Wright through the second half of the story?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the character of Minnie Wright in comparison to Margaret Hossack. How, in the articles about the Hossack trial, was Margaret Hossack described? What was Margaret Hossack’s sentence? How does this relate to the play?
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