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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her, "Who did this, Mrs. Wright?"
(a) "My son did it."
(b) "I don't know."
(c) "A burglar did it."
(d) "I did it."

2. What does Mrs. Hale absentmindedly begin to do with the ill-stitched block of quilting?
(a) Throw it in the fireplace.
(b) Take out the stitches.
(c) Fold it and put it away.
(d) Cut it with scissors.

3. Where was Mrs. Wright when Mr. Hale had entered the Wright house the previous day?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the rocking chair.
(c) At the kitchen table.
(d) Sleeping in bed.

4. Whom does Mrs. Hale suspect is partially to blame for the mess in the house, when she's alone with Mrs. Peters?
(a) John Wright.
(b) Sheriff Peters.
(c) George Henderson.
(d) The deputy sheriff.

5. Mrs. Hale considers the manner of Mrs. Peters to be _________.
(a) Shrinking.
(b) Impulsive.
(c) Overbearing.
(d) Bullying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Peters look for to wrap Mrs. Wright's clothing in?

2. Who had the sheriff sent off "for that man who went crazy" yesterday in the story?

3. What is Mrs. Hale's sister's name?

4. What word refers to lack of importance or consequence?

5. What is the pattern of the quilt the women discover in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?

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