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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 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) 2002.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2003.

2. Where was Susan Glaspell born?
(a) Spearfish, South Dakota.
(b) Missoula, Montana.
(c) Davenport, Iowa.
(d) Bismarck, North Dakota.

3. Where did Glaspell study for one semester of graduate school?
(a) University of Phoenix.
(b) University of San Francisco.
(c) University of Miami.
(d) University of Chicago.

4. What is Mrs. Hale in the middle of making when she must leave her kitchen in the beginning of the story?
(a) Bread.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Pancakes.

5. Mrs. Wright's shawl always hangs on what?
(a) The stair door.
(b) The coat rack.
(c) The closet door.
(d) The cupboard door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the county attorney say is "the thing we need" before exiting with the men to investigate?

2. What was the name of Susan Glaspell's father?

3. Where did Mrs. Wright point when Mr. Hale asked the whereabouts of Mr. Wright?

4. What theater troupe, of which Glaspell was a member, produced a one-act play with the same plot as A Jury of Her Peers?

5. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her "Has anybody been notified?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Who went for help after discovering Mr. Wright's body? What did Mr. Hale discuss with Mrs. Wright?

2. How is Mrs. Peters described through Mrs. Hale's thoughts in the beginning of the narrative?

3. How does Sheriff Peters begin the investigation after arriving at the Wright home? What does Mr. Henderson interrupt to ask?

4. How does Mrs. Hale recall Mrs. Wright? What significance does this have in interpreting Minnie's character?

5. Who did Mr. Hale call inside after Mrs. Wright told him Mr. Wright was dead? What did they find?

6. What indication does Mrs. Wright give in front of Mr. Henderson that Mr. Wright was unpleasant?

7. How is the theme of female loyalty illustrated in the story?

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

9. When Mr. Hale questioned Mrs. Wright about her husband's murder, what did she inform him?

10. What memory of brutal loss does Mrs. Peters share from her childhood?

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