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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Peters remarks to Mrs. Hale that when she was young, a boy killed her kitten with what?
(a) A rope
(b) A gun
(c) A rock
(d) A hatchet

2. What character in the play is based on the real-life figure of Margaret Hossack?
(a) Mrs. Hale
(b) Mrs. Wright
(c) Mrs. Peters
(d) Bessie

3. From where has the County Attorney just returned upon arriving at the farmhouse?
(a) Little Rock
(b) Omaha
(c) St. Louis
(d) Chicago

4. Where does Henry Peters say a man had gone crazy the day before?
(a) James Center
(b) Washington Park
(c) Morris Center
(d) Williams Hospital

5. Remarks about Mr. Wright indicate that he did not do much of what?
(a) Arguing
(b) Staying quiet
(c) Talking
(d) Complaining

6. What key character in the play never appears onstage?
(a) George Henderson
(b) Mrs. Hale
(c) Mrs. Peters
(d) Mrs. Wright

7. How does Mr. Hale describe the Wrights’ house when he arrives and discovers the murder?
(a) Overwhelming
(b) Violent
(c) Clamorous
(d) Quiet

8. What item does the County Attorney laugh at when examining the things to take to Mrs. Wright?
(a) The apron
(b) The petticoat
(c) The diary
(d) The sewing basket

9. What does Mr. Hale say he thinks he hears someone say when he knocks a second time on the Wrights’ door?
(a) Go away
(b) Come in
(c) Who is it?
(d) Come back later

10. What is a symbol of Mrs. Wright’s life prior to her marriage in the play?
(a) The canary
(b) The bread
(c) The quilt
(d) The dirty dishes

11. When talking with Mrs. Peters, what does Mrs. Hale say her sister’s name is?
(a) Betty
(b) Marie
(c) Sarah
(d) Bessie

12. What discovery by the women marks the climax of Trifles?
(a) The dead canary
(b) The bread box
(c) The diary
(d) The petticoat

13. What was Mrs. Wright’s name before she got married?
(a) Marie Ross
(b) Minnie Foster
(c) Mary Smith
(d) Sarah Anderson

14. How long does Mrs. Hale say it has been since she has been in the Wright home?
(a) Over a year
(b) Over a month
(c) Over a week
(d) Three weeks

15. Mrs. Hale remarks that there was a man selling what kind of birds last year?
(a) Parrots
(b) Finches
(c) Parakeets
(d) Canaries

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Hale remarks when looking at Mrs. Wright’s sewing that she wonders if she was going to do what or “just knot it”?

2. How many children do the Wrights have?

3. What word from the stage directions refers to something that lacks serious content?

4. What word from the stage directions refers to a scarf, usually of fur or wool, used to cover the neck, or the neck and shoulders?

5. At the end of the play, George Henderson remarks, “Well, Henry, at least we found out that she was not going to” what?

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