The Desperate Hours | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Act 1

1. What is the name of the deputy sheriff who is onstage at the opening of the first act?

Jesse Bard.

2. What town is the setting for the play?

Indianapolis.

3. About what does Deputy Winston read a wire report?

A jail break.

4. Where does the situation in the wire report take place?

Terre Haute.

5. What name causes Bard to feel terror?

Glenn Griffin.

6. Why is Bard fearful of the man mentioned in the wire report?

The man has sworn revenge on Bard.

7. For whom does Fredricks work?

Indiana State Police.

8. Whose responsibility is the situation in the wire report?

The FBI.

9. For whom does Carson work?

The FBI.

10. Who is Samuel Robish?

A man who escaped jail.

11. To where does the setting of the scene shift?

Dan and Eleanor Hilliard's home.

12. Who is Cindy?

Dan...
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