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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jennie ask the reporters at the end of Act 1, Part 3?
(a) If she should quit the company.
(b) If she can clean up.
(c) If she is late.
(d) If they are always this messy.

2. Who is Mrs. Schlosser looking for at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Endicott.
(b) McCue.
(c) The police sergeant.
(d) Her husband.

3. How much money does Hildy tell the other reporters he has received as a gift?
(a) Three hundred dollars.
(b) Two hundred dollars.
(c) One thousand dollars.
(d) Five hundred dollars.

4. What job does Hildy tell the reporters he is quitting the paper for?
(a) A job as a lawyer.
(b) An accounting job.
(c) An advertising job.
(d) A job as a police officer.

5. Why does the conversation between the woman and McCue end in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) She is upset and hangs up.
(b) McCue is frustrated and hangs up.
(c) The connection is broken.
(d) One of the other reporters pulls the phone out of the wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman report to McCue, the reporter, at the beginning of Act 1, Part 1?

2. In Hildy's speech in Act 1, Part 3, what kind of life does he say a reporter has?

3. As we learn in Act 1, Part 1, why is Bensinger protective of his desk?

4. What comment do the reporters make about Hildy's appearance in Act 1, Part 3?

5. What story is McCue investigating at the end of Act 1, Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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