Question

Read the excerpt from part two of Trifles.

COUNTY ATTORNEY (as one turning from serious things to little pleasantries). Well, ladies, have you decided whether she was going to quilt it or knot it?

MRS. PETERS. We think she was going to--knot it.

COUNTY ATTORNEY. Well, that’s interesting, I’m sure. (Seeing the birdcage.) Has the bird flown?

MRS. HALE (putting more quilt pieces over the box.) We think the--cat got it.

Which idea is suggested by this excerpt?
The women are beginning to feel superior to the men because they do not think the men are capable of solving the case.
The women still have no idea about what really happened between Mr. and Mrs. Wright.
The women are going to hide what they have discovered to protect Mrs. Wright.
The women believe that the men should be taught a lesson in sensitivity, so they keep information from the men.

Answer 1

The women are going to hide what they have discovered to protect Mrs. Wright.

Explanation: They downplay the evidence (the broken birdcage, the dead bird) and cover the box while the men are distracted, indicating they intend to conceal what they found to protect her.