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Susan Glaspell, A Jury of Her Peers

Susan Glaspell, A Jury of Her Peers

Read A Jury of Her Peers and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. Why are Martha Hale, Mrs. Peters, and the rest of the group going over to the Wrights’ house?

Mr. Wright has been murdered and they are going over to collect evidence.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Wright are on vacation and the women are looking after the house and the men are looking after the fields during their absence.

The Wrights are holding their annual Christmas party.

A neighbor reported some loud screaming and they are going over to investigate.

2. Which of the following best describes how the men treat the women in this story?

abusively

condescendingly

deferentially

kindly

3. What does Mrs. Hale sorely regret?

She wishes she had married Mr. Wright when he proposed all those years ago.

She wishes she had visited Mrs. Wright more often.

She wishes she and Mrs. Peters had become friends years before when they first met.

She wishes she had birthed more children.

4. What do the women find in Mrs. Wright’s sewing box?

an angry letter written from Mr. Wright to Mrs. Wright

a dead canary with a broken neck

a beautiful pair of turquoise antique scissors

a key to a mysterious lock

5. What do the women do with the item from the sewing box?

They hide it in a coat pocket.

They throw it in the fireplace.

They leave it as they found it.

They give it to the sheriff for safekeeping.