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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Detailed Summary & Analysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Mr. Hale began his story, he looked "as if standing in that kitchen and having to tell what he had seen there yesterday morning made him" ____________.
(a) Almost turn blue.
(b) Want to throw up.
(c) Want to leave.
(d) Almost sick.

2. Whose "hands aren't always as clean as they might be," according to Mrs. Hale?
(a) Murderer's.
(b) Women's.
(c) Men's.
(d) Children's.

3. What kind of weapon was in the Wrights' house but wasn't used on Mr. Wright?
(a) A machete.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A gun.
(d) A rope.

4. What did Mrs. Hale feel she should take her hand off of once the men reentered, but found herself unable to do so?
(a) The sewing basket.
(b) The table.
(c) The quilt.
(d) The sugar bowl.

5. What does the county attorney say is "the thing we need" before exiting with the men to investigate?
(a) A motive.
(b) A suspect.
(c) A time of death.
(d) A weapon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had requested that Mrs. Hale come along to the crime scene in the beginning of the story?

2. What novelist and playwright did Susan Glaspell marry?

3. Where did Glaspell study for one semester of graduate school?

4. What fur item does Mrs. Peters go to hang up when she discovers Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?

5. Mrs. Peters becomes frozen near the end of the story because she is unable to touch what?

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