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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When discussing the case with the sheriff, the county attorney says, "But you know juries when it comes to" what?
(a) Murderers.
(b) Women.
(c) Country folk.
(d) Couples.

2. To whom does Sheriff Peters ask Mr. Hale to explain what he'd seen the previous morning in the beginning of the story?
(a) Mr. Henderson.
(b) Mrs. Hale.
(c) Mrs. Peters.
(d) Minnie Foster.

3. When does Mrs. Hale recall having met Mrs. Peters previously in the beginning of the story?
(a) 1 year ago.
(b) 20 years ago.
(c) 2 months ago.
(d) 6 months ago.

4. 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) Almost sick.
(c) Want to leave.
(d) Want to throw up.

5. In the beginning of A Jury of Her Peers, when Martha Hale opens the storm-door and gets a cut of the north wind, she runs back for ________________.
(a) Snow boots.
(b) Her coat.
(c) A hat.
(d) A wool scarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mrs. Peters' first child when he died?

2. What was Mrs. Peters' kitten killed with when she was young?

3. In the actual murder case upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based, John Hossack was killed with what weapon?

4. Mrs. Hale tells Mrs. Peters, "I sew awful queer sometimes when I'm" what?

5. Where did Mrs. Wright move to after Harry went to call for the coroner the previous day?

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