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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Mr. Hale's story, Mrs. Wright was doing what to her apron when he visited?
2. For what does Mrs. Hale repeatedly blame herself in the story?
3. What item makes Mrs. Hale nervous when the county attorney takes it out while listening to Mr. Hale's story?
4. When talking with Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale claims, "If there had been years and years of -- nothing, then a bird to sing to you, it would be awful ____ after the bird was still."
5. Mrs. Hale describes Mrs. Wright as having been like a what in her youth?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mrs. Hale begin to piece together the signs of anger in the Wrights' house?
2. How is Sheriff Peters described in the beginning of the narrative?
3. What prevents Mrs. Hale from entering the Wright house upon their arrival?
4. When does Mrs. Hale ask Mrs. Peters her opinion on the guilt of Mrs. Wright? What is her reply?
5. What does Mr. Hale describe when he knocked at the Wrights' door the previous day?
6. What comment is made regarding the kitchen before the men depart upstairs? Why is this significant?
7. What foreshadowing is used in the opening scene of A Jury of Her Peers?
8. What is the irony of the plot of A Jury of Her Peers?
9. How does Mrs. Peters describe her understanding of stillness in the narrative?
10. What passing comment of Mr. Hale's reveals information about the relationship of the Wrights'?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss the relationship between the women in the narrative. How does the relationship develop? Why do the women gain a sympathy for Mrs. Wright through the second half of the story?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the character of Mrs. Peters and her relationship to the other characters in the narrative. What characteristics is Mrs. Peters described as having? What is Mrs. Peters' objective in the story?
Essay Topic 3
Define and identify the narrative mode and tense of the narrative. What distinction is made between "omniscient" and "limited" narrative modes?
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