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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. Of Mrs. Hale, Susan Glaspell writes, "the fact that she had lived neighbor to that girl for twenty years, and had let her die for" what was more than she could bear?

2. What does Mrs. Peters reply when Mrs. Hale asks her, "Do you think she -- did it?"

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

4. Where do the men go to investigate first after leaving the women in the kitchen?

5. What did Mrs. Wright do when Mr. Hale told her he wanted to see Mr. Wright the previous day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Henderson discover broken in the cupboard?

2. What does Mrs. Hale discover in the box in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket? What does she do with it?

3. What is discovered about the birdcage which is uncanny by the two women?

4. How does Mrs. Hale feel when her husband begins retelling the previous day's events? Why?

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

6. What did Mrs. Wright reply when Mr. Hale asked to see Mr. Wright?

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

8. How does Mrs. Hale "play off" the stitching of the quilt?

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

10. What does Mrs. Hale do with the stitching on the quilt? What is Mrs. Peters' response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Sheriff Peters and Mrs. Peters in comparison with the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Hale. What similarities are there? What differences?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of John Wright and different qualities which lead the reader to believe Mrs. Wright killed him. Is murder justified, given the circumstances? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting of the story and discuss how this setting evokes mood. How is the Wright home described? What visceral sense do you get from the descriptions of the house? Why?

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