"Trifles" by Susan Glaspell

This character is "married to the law."

• Mrs. Wright
• Mrs. Peters
• Mrs. Hale
• Mrs. Simmons

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the setting?

• a cold farmhouse

• a jail cell

• the barn where the John was found

• the courtroom

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which of these items is mostly likely an important symbol in the play?

• the kitchen table

• the dead bird

• the couch

• the windows

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of irony describes the result of the investigation where the audience knows that the women find things the men don't think are important?

• dramatic

• figurative

• informational

• metamorphical

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is a "trifle"?

• a chocolate candy
• a dessert
• a small, insignificant problem
• something that needs to be solved

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which character is the county attorney?

• Mr. Henderson
• Mr. Hale
• Mr. Peters
• Mr. Wright

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which character was the first to find the dead body of John Wright?

• Mrs. Hale

• Mr. Peters

• Mr. Henderson

• Mr. Hale

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Minnie Foster Wright does not show up in the play as a character.

• true-- but the other characters talk about her

• false--she's sitting in jail at the edge of the stage

• true--because she has been killed by an abusive husband

• false--because she's the main character

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which of the following is NOT a reason Mrs. Peters can relate to Minnie Foster Wright?

• a boy killed Mrs. Peters' kitten

• Mrs. Peters was imprisoned once

• Mrs. Peters lost a child

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What does Mrs. Peters do at the end of the play that shows she sympathizes with Minnie?

• hides the bird

• brings Mrs. Wright the quilt

• confesses to the sheriff

• begs her husband not to put Minnie in jail

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10