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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hildy promise to his girlfriend before hanging up the phone in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) To meet her at the train station.
(b) To meet her at the party.
(c) To meet her at her father's house.
(d) To meet her at the hanging.

2. What is Woodenshoes being sent to get for the reporters in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Coffee.
(b) A pizza.
(c) Donuts.
(d) Hamburgers.

3. What is Woodenshoes wondering at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?
(a) If the reporters know how Williams escaped.
(b) If the reporters still want burgers.
(c) If the reporters are looking for Williams.
(d) If Williams will shoot the reporters.

4. What is the loud noise heard outside of the press room in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) A burglary alarm.
(b) The testing of the gallows.
(c) A car crash.
(d) A police siren.

5. According to Hildy in Act 2, Part 1, who did Williams shoot once he got a gun?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) Woodenshoes.
(c) The psychiatrist.
(d) Another police officer.

6. What are the other reporters doing in the background as McCue is talking with the woman in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Trying to get his attention.
(b) Imitating him.
(c) Laughing at him.
(d) Making crude comments.

7. What does Hildy offer Jennie in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) A donut.
(b) Money.
(c) To help her find a new job.
(d) To help her clean.

8. Who was the only person to defend Williams at his trial?
(a) McCue.
(b) Endicott.
(c) Burns.
(d) Mollie.

9. What do the reporters rudely suggest that Mollie is in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) A jealous person.
(b) A liar.
(c) A thief.
(d) A prostitute.

10. What does Hildy assure his girlfriend of in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) That he has handed in his resignation.
(b) That he is collecting his final paycheck.
(c) That he will not attend the hanging.
(d) That he is not involved with the murder.

11. According to Bensinger, what won't the Sheriff change about the execution of Williams?
(a) The rule banning all press.
(b) The judgment.
(c) The time.
(d) The decision to make it a public event.

12. What group does Bensinger tell his paper will cause an uprising after the execution?
(a) The town council.
(b) The city's socialists.
(c) The communist party.
(d) The chamber of commerce.

13. What is Jennie cleaning up at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?
(a) Glass and debris.
(b) Bensinger's desk.
(c) Spilled water on the floor.
(d) The mess left by the reporters.

14. How do the reporters act when Jennie enters in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) They ignore her.
(b) They tease her.
(c) They stand up and smile.
(d) They yell at her.

15. Who does the sheriff blame for Williams's escape in his conversation with the Mayor?
(a) The psychiatrist.
(b) His deputy.
(c) Hildy.
(d) McCue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the reporters talking about attending in Act 1, Part 1?

2. What does Kruger ask will happen as a result of Williams's escape?

3. What does the sheriff say will never happen when the psychiatrist examines Williams?

4. Where does the sheriff say his men have cornered Williams in Act 2, Part 2?

5. What does the Mayor say about the senator's position in Act 2, Part 2?

(see the answer keys)

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