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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month does the story take place?
(a) June.
(b) September.
(c) March.
(d) May.

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

3. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her the cause of death of Mr. Wright?
(a) "He died of a gunshot wound."
(b) "He died of a rope around his neck."
(c) "He died in his sleep."
(d) "He died from heartbreak."

4. Who has been murdered in A Jury of Her Peers?
(a) Henry Peters.
(b) Martha Hale.
(c) John Wright.
(d) Minnie Foster.

5. In what year did Susan Glaspell die?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mr. Henderson unable to dry his hands after washing them in the sink?

2. Who announces, "I'm going to stay here awhile by myself" near the end of the story?

3. Who went on trial for the murder of John Hossack?

4. 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 ________________.

5. What does Mr. Hale say Mrs. Wright had responded when he asked "Ho' do, Mrs. Wright? It's cold, ain't it?"

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Henderson explain the need for a motive in the case to the sheriff?

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

3. What thoughts does Mrs. Hale have of the Wright residence when the carriage arrives?

4. What does Mrs. Hale regard of Mrs. Wright's clothing in the narrative?

5. What does Mrs. Wright consider about the rocking chair in the Wrights' home? How is it described?

6. When the county attorney asks if Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Wright had been friends, how does she reply?

7. What passing comment of Mr. Hale's reveals information about the relationship of the Wrights'?

8. What leads the women to discover the pretty box in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?

9. What scene does Mrs. Hale imagine after finding the half-poured sugar in the kitchen?

10. How does Mrs. Peters describe her understanding of stillness in the narrative?

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