Trifles

At the beginning of the play, the mood that is established by the description of the abandoned farmhouse can best be described as

• whimsical

• foreboding

• calm

• somber

Mr. Hale, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Henderson are at the house to

• collect items to take to Mrs. Wright

• dust for fingerprints

• find evidence about the murder

• BOTH B AND C

Mr. Hale originally went to the Wright farm to

• ask John Wright about going in on a party telephone

• remind John Wright to pay his part for the telephone

• check on the Wrights because it had been so cold

• BOTH A AND C

When talking about her husband’s death, Mrs. Wright can best be described as

• hysterical

• detached

• melancholy

• anxious

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Mrs. Wright says that she did not hear her husband die because

• she is sound sleeper

• she was sleeping on the inside

• the wind was blowing hard

• BOTH A AND B

The sarcastic comment that Mr. Henderson makes about the women (Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters) being “loyal to [their] sex” is ironic because

• the women later show complete loyalty to Mrs. Wright by hiding vital evidence

• the women later make fun of Mrs. Wright in reference to her housekeeping skills

• the women betray Mrs. Wright by giving the evidence to the men

• NONE OF THESE

According to Mrs. Hale, before Mrs. Wright married John Wright, she was

• quiet and kept to herself

• mean and rude

• lively and loved to sing

• was a member of the Ladies Aide.

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When Mrs. Peters finds the birdcage, it is

• in perfect condition

• beat up and broken

• dirty and growing with mold

• BOTH B AND C

When they find the bird, it is (a) alive and flying around the house (b) asleep and barely alive (c) dead with its neck strangled (d) dead as if it had been attacked by a cat.

• alive and flying around the house

• asleep and barely alive

• dead with its neck strangled

• dead as if it had been attacked by a cat

Mrs. Hales says that Mr. Wright was a/an

• happy, pleasant man, who was a joy to be around

• hard man, who was difficult to spend time with

• depressing man who made you sad to be around

• annoying man who never stopped talking and never let you talk.