501 Critical Reading Questions

a. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale are old friends.
b. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale both know Mrs. Wright very well.
c. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale don’t know each other very well.
d. Neither Mrs. Peters nor Mrs. Hale like Mrs. Wright.
e. Neither Mrs. Peters nor Mrs. Hale have children.
1 4 0
501
Critical Reading Questions
(55)
(60)
(65)
(70)
(75)
(80)
(85)

---

1 4 1
283.
Mrs. Hale says she wishes she had come to Mrs. Wright’s house
(lines 29–31 and 37–39) because
a. she realizes that Mrs. Wright must have been lonely.
b. she enjoyed Mr. Wright’s company.
c. she always felt at home in the Wright’s house.
d. she realizes how important it is to keep good relationships with
one’s neighbors.
e. she had a lot in common with Mrs. Wright.
284.
According to Mrs. Hale, what sort of man was Mr. Wright?
a. gentle and loving
b. violent and abusive
c. honest and dependable
d. quiet and cold
e. a strict disciplinarian
285.
In lines 60–62, Mrs. Hale suggests that Mrs. Wright
a. had become even more like a bird than before.
b. had grown bitter and unhappy over the years.
c. was too shy to maintain an intimate friendship.
d. must have taken excellent care of her bird.
e. was always singing and flitting about.
286.
The phrase take up her mind in line 64 means
a. worry her.
b. make her angry.
c. refresh her memory.
d. keep her busy.
e. make her think.
287.
It can be inferred that Mrs. Wright
a. got the bird as a present for her husband.