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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Trifles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hale feel she should take her hand off of once the men reenter, but finds herself unable to do so?
(a) The sewing basket
(b) The bread basket
(c) The birdcage
(d) The preserves

2. Mr. Hale says that he stops by the Wrights’ home to ask John Wright about sharing what?
(a) A barnyard
(b) A telephone line
(c) Winter firewood
(d) A fence

3. What do the women find in the fancy box in Mrs. Wright’s sewing basket?
(a) A dead parakeet
(b) A tooth
(c) A dead canary
(d) A baby’s slipper

4. What does George Henderson ask the women when he sees the birdcage in the room?
(a) Was that Mr. Wright’s?
(b) Has the bird flown?
(c) Did the cat get it?
(d) Where is the bird?

5. According to Mr. Hale, how does Mrs. Wright respond when he says, “I want to see John”?
(a) She left the room
(b) She looked worried
(c) She laughed
(d) She cried

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, “Well, Women are used to worrying over trifles”?

2. According to Mr. Hale, how does Mrs. Wright respond when he asks, “Who did this, Mrs. Wright?”

3. What character asks “By the way, has anything been moved? Are things just as you left them”?

4. What is Mrs. Wright’s first name in the play?

5. About what does the County Attorney exclaim before stating, “Not much of a housekeeper, would you say, ladies?”

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