A Jury of Her Peers Quizzes

A Jury of Her Peers Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed January 25, 2019

1 The story was first published as a/an

novel

comic

play

poem
2 The original version was called

Murder

Trifles

Knot It

The Dead Bird
3 The story of Minnie and John is

based on a true story

exactly accurate

based on a member of Glaspell's family

completely fictionalized
4 What was Martha Hale doing when she was interrupted?

Sewing

Dealing with children

Making bread

Cleaning
5 How does Mrs. Hale feel about leaving her kitchen?

Pleased

Indifferent

Angry

Annoyed
6 Who is NOT going to the Wright house at the beginning?

Harry Hale

Mr. Hale

Henderson

Mrs. Peters
7 Mrs. Hale sees Mrs. Peters as very

prideful

timid

dumb

silly
8 Mr. Peters is described as all the following except

loud

large

cruel

imposing
9 The Wright place is very

crowded

filthy

lonesome

ostentatious
10 Which character says something negative about women?

Henderson

Mr. Hale

Mr. Peters

All of these characters
11 Who found the body?

Henderson

Mr. Hale

Mrs. Peters

Mr. Peters
12 When Mr. Hale speaks, he

is quiet and shy

lies

tends to mix things up

is very confident
13 Mr. Hale went to see John about

mail

a horse

potatoes

a telephone
14 Where did Mr. Hale find Minnie?

Upstairs

At the table

In her rocker

Standing by the fire
15 Mr. Hale says Minnie looked

tense

depressed

queer

angry
16 How did John Wright die?

He was strangled

He was attacked with an ax

He was poisoned

He was shot
17 What does Minnie say about John's death?

That she was sleeping during it

That she did it

That she was in another room when it happened

That she saw it happen
18 The first thing Henderson criticizes in the kitchen is

the towel

the stove

the broken fruit jars

the pans and pots
19 What did Mrs. Peters say Minnie was worried about?

Her bird

Her preserves

Her trial

Her house
20 Mr. Hale says women are used to worrying over

men

trifles

important matters

the law
21 Henderson says Minnie was not much of

cook

a housekeeper

wife

mother
22 What does Henderson describe as dirty?

The towels

The floor

The fireplace

The stove
23 The weather outside is

very cold

warm and windy

temperate

snowing
24 Mrs. Hale

did not visit Minnie very often

did not like Minnie

visited Minnie often

was not allowed to visit Minnie
25 Mrs. Hale can best be described as

prejudiced

ignorant

observant

shy

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