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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Peters say Mrs. Wright was frightened of in her house the previous day?
(a) Her husband.
(b) A spider.
(c) Her cat.
(d) Her bird.

2. What does Mr. Hale tell the county attorney his first thought was, upon seeing Mr. Wright?
(a) To get the rope off him.
(b) To put Mrs. Wright in handcuffs.
(c) To put a blanket over him.
(d) To call the coroner.

3. What is Mrs. Hale's response when Mrs. Peters says, "Of course we don't know who killed the bird"?
(a) "Minnie Foster did."
(b) "John Wright did."
(c) "I knew Minnie Foster."
(d) "I knew John Wright."

4. What does Mrs. Peters look for to wrap Mrs. Wright's clothing in?
(a) Silk fabric.
(b) A pillowcase.
(c) Paper and string.
(d) Burlap.

5. In what year did the Library of America select the original newspaper article upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2002.

6. When Mrs. Peters asks if Mrs. Wright had a bird, Mrs. Hale replies that there was a man in town selling what the year before?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Parrots.
(c) Canaries.
(d) Pigeons.

7. To what road did Harry go to use the telephone the previous day?
(a) 14th Street.
(b) Main Street.
(c) High Road.
(d) Low Road.

8. Mrs. Peters nervously says to Mrs. Hale, "it's a good thing the men couldn't hear us! Getting all stirred up over a little thing like a" what?
(a) "Sink of dishes."
(b) "Dead canary."
(c) "Dirty kitchen."
(d) "Quilt."

9. Where do the men first gather upon entering the Wright house at the beginning of the story?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The doorway.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The stove.

10. From what university did Susan Glaspell earn her bachelor's degree?
(a) Brown University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Drake University.
(d) Harvard University.

11. The county attorney asks himself before exiting with the men, "But would the women know a ____ if they did come upon it?"
(a) Motive.
(b) Weapon.
(c) Clue.
(d) Murderer.

12. In the actual murder case upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based, John Hossack was killed with what weapon?
(a) A frying pan.
(b) A gun.
(c) A rope.
(d) An axe.

13. What novelist and playwright did Susan Glaspell marry?
(a) Donald Robert Wilson.
(b) George Cram Cook.
(c) Ralph Arnold Watkins.
(d) Casper Martin Stevens.

14. Who asks the county attorney near the end of the story, "Did you want to see what Mrs. Peters was going to take in?"
(a) Mr. Hale.
(b) Mrs. Hale.
(c) Sheriff Peters.
(d) Minnie Foster.

15. What word means concealed; secret; disguised?
(a) Prominent.
(b) Covert.
(c) Overt.
(d) Malicious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Hale feel she should take her hand off of once the men reentered, but found herself unable to do so?

2. In Mrs. Peters' first attempt at small talk with Mrs. Hale she says, "The country's not very _____ this time of year."

3. Mrs. Hale tells Mr. Henderson that she rarely visited the Wright home because it didn't seem very ________.

4. How does Mrs. Hale describe the dress Minnie Foster wore while singing with the choir?

5. Mr. Hale had come by the previous day to ask Mr. Wright if he wanted what installed?

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