Trifles

PART A: What are the men looking for in the Wrights’ house? PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer Part A?

  1. A.“Well, my first thought was to get that rope off. It looked... (stops, his face twitches) ...but Harry, he went up to him, and he said, ‘No, he’s dead all right, and we’d better not touch anything.’” ( Paragraph 23)
  2. B.“Well, that’s interesting, I’m sure. (seeing the birdcage) Has the bird flown?” ( Paragraph 137)
  3. C.“No, Peters, it’s all perfectly clear except a reason for doing it… If there was some definite thing. Something to show — something to make a story about — a thing that would connect up with this strange way of doing it — ” ( Paragraph 163)
  4. D.“I want to go over everything. I’m not satisfied that we can’t do better.” ( Paragraph 166)
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C.“No, Peters, it’s all perfectly clear except a reason for doing it… If there was some definite thing. Something to show — something to make a story about — a thing that would connect up with this strange way of doing it — ”

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