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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. As the men reenter from upstairs, George Henderson remarks, “But you know juries when it comes to” what?

2. What does Mr. Hale say he is going to town to sell when he stops by the Wrights’ home?

3. What character says, “And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies?”

4. Mrs. Hale tells Mrs. Peters, “If I was you, I wouldn’t tell her” what?

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. When does Mrs. Hale ask Mrs. Peters her opinion on the guilt of Mrs. Wright? What is her reply?

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

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

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

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

6. What is discovered by Mrs. Peters in the stitching of Mrs. Wright's quilt?

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

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

9. What does Mr. Henderson discover broken in the cupboard? What does Mrs. Peters remark about this?

10. What does Mrs. Peters say in response to Mrs. Hale berating herself for not visiting Minnie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the foreshadowing from the opening scene in the narrative. What clue does the reader gain for future events in the story? How does the author highlight foreshadowing?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the setting of the story and discuss how this setting evokes mood. How is the Wright home described? What visceral sense do you get from the descriptions of the house? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the use of exposition in A Jury of Her Peers. In a linear plot, where does the exposition generally fall in a story? How does this traditional plot structure apply to Trifles?

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