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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. Where do the men go to investigate first after leaving the women in the kitchen?
2. Mrs. Hale is startled by hearing Mrs. Peters say: "A person gets discouraged -- and loses" what?
3. What does Mrs. Hale absentmindedly begin to do with the ill-stitched block of quilting?
4. Where does Mrs. Peters say she and her husband had homesteaded before living here?
5. Mrs. Hale states to Mrs. Peters, "The law is the law -- and a bad" what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What thoughts does Mrs. Hale have of the Wright residence when the carriage arrives?
2. Why does Mrs. Hale defend the suspect's dirty kitchen? What does Mr. Henderson regard this to be?
3. What does Mr. Henderson discover broken in the cupboard?
4. What foreshadowing is used in the opening scene of A Jury of Her Peers?
5. What does Mrs. Peters say in response to Mrs. Hale berating herself for not visiting Minnie?
6. What memory of brutal loss does Mrs. Peters share from her childhood?
7. How does Mrs. Hale "play off" the stitching of the quilt?
8. What causes Mr. Hale to backtrack in his description of Mrs. Wright's demeanor in his interview with the county attorney?
9. Who went for help after discovering Mr. Wright's body? What did Mr. Hale discuss with Mrs. Wright?
10. What does Mr. Hale respond when questioned about how Mrs. Wright appeared when he'd arrived the previous day?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define and analyze the theme of female loyalty in the narrative. What actions of the women reinforce this theme?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the objectives of each character and the actions taken to achieve those objectives. What does Mr. Henderson want to find in the home? Why does he abandon the kitchen?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the character of Minnie Wright in comparison with Margaret Hossack. How, in the articles about the Hossack trial, was Margaret Hossack described?
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