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- 1. Multiple Choice
Trifles: Which of these items is mostly likely an important symbol in the play?
the kitchen towels
the dead bird
the rocking chair
the windows
- 2. Multiple Choice
Trifles: This character is "married to the law."
Mrs. Wright
Mrs. Peters
Mrs. Hale
- 3. Multiple Choice
Trifles: What type of irony best describes Mr. Wright's name?
dramatic
verbal
situational
- 4. Multiple Choice
In the story, "Trifles", what is a "trifle"?
a chocolate candy
a dessert
a small, insignificant problem
- 5. Multiple Choice
Trifles: Which character was the first to find the dead body?
Mrs. Hale
Mr. Peters
Mr. Henderson
Mr. Hale
- 6. Multiple Choice
Trifles: Which of the following is NOT a reason Mrs. Peters can relate to Mrs. Wright?
a boy killed Mrs. Peters' kitten
Mrs. Peters was imprisoned once
Mrs. Peters lost a child
- 7. Multiple Choice
Trifles: What does Mrs. Peters do at the end of the play that shows she is a dynamic character?
attempts to hide the bird before the men walk in
brings Mrs. Wright the quilt
confesses to the sheriff
- 8. Multiple Choice
In Trifles the sheriff is
Mr. Wright
Mr. Hale
Mr. Henderson
Mr. Peters
- 9. Multiple Choice
Trifles:
What did Mrs. Wright love to do when she was young?
sing
dance
quilt
play piano
- 10. Multiple Choice
Trifles:
How is the word knotting used in the play
knotting
skirt worn as an undergarment
officer who investigates deaths
minor valley
tying fabric squares together along the edges
- 11. Multiple Choice
Trifles:
What is the County Attorney looking for?
a murder weapon
evidence that would point to a motive for the murder
fingerprints that would prove the killer's identity
evidence that would show how John Wright was murdered
- 12. Multiple Choice
Trifles:
The erratic stitching of the quilt implies that Mrs. Wright
was tired.
was not skilled at quilting.
had become very distressed or nervous.
did not know whether to quilt or knot the quilt.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Trifles:
What happened to Mrs. Wright's canary?
It lost its feathers.
It was hungry.
It had flown away.
It's neck was broken.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Trifles:
Why does Mrs. Hale wish she had visited Mrs. Wright?
So she could find out the Wright family business and gossip.
She realizes that Mrs. Wright was very lonely and could have benefited from the occasional visit or help from a friend.
To get her recipes for canning.
She was a young and wild woman and needed guidance on being a wife.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Trifles:
Why does Mrs. Hale liken Minnie Foster to a bird?
Mrs. Hale describes her as a "sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and-fluttery."
She had feathers in her hair all the time.
She was small and quiet.
She didn't walk but hopped like a bird.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Trifles:
Based on Mrs. Hale's words to the county attorney, what can the reader infer about John Wright?
John Wright is an unpleasant, unenjoyable person.
John Wright tried to make the world a better place.
Mrs. Hale thinks that Mrs. Wright should have divorced John Wright.
Mrs. Hale wishes that she had gotten to know John Wright better.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Trifles:
The reader can conclude that Mrs. Hale is fixing the quilt because--
the irregular sewing reveals Mrs. Wright was in an emotional state
Mrs. Hale is a perfectionist and cannot let the quilt remain poorly sewed
Mrs. Peters thinks that the quilt should be fixed.
Mrs. Wright had asked her if she would finish it.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Trifles:
The response of the men to the women suggest that the men think the women are
dangerous and subversive
lazy and annoying
silly and superficial
helpful and accommodating
- 19. Multiple Choice
Trifles:
_____ is asked to keep ____, the sherrif's wife, company during the investigation.
Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale
Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Hale
Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Peters
Mrs. Hale, Mr. Hale
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