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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Front Page is set in the press room of which Chicago building?
(a) The Chicago Sun Times.
(b) The Criminal Courts Building.
(c) The Chicago Police Department.
(d) City Hall.

2. Who throws Mollie out of the room in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) Burns.
(b) Murphy.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) McCue.

3. What does Hildy hear as he comes into the press room in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) The sheriff yelling at his deputy.
(b) Gunshots.
(c) McCue and Murphy arguing.
(d) The phone ringing.

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

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

6. After the fire alarm rings in Act 1, Part 1, why do the reporters ignore it?
(a) The fire is too far away.
(b) They are afraid of fires.
(c) A fire doesn't seem like a good story to them.
(d) They don't hear it.

7. What does Hildy do when Burns calls in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) Hands the phone to McCue.
(b) Hangs up the phone.
(c) Ignores the call.
(d) Rips the phone out of the wall.

8. How are most of the reporters depicted in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Lazy and impatient.
(b) Lazy and passive.
(c) Lazy and quiet.
(d) Lazy and confused.

9. What does Hildy wonder about the fire in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) If it is at the gallows.
(b) If it is nearby.
(c) If it is at the school.
(d) If it has been put out yet.

10. What does Hildy tell Burns about the story he is giving him in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) It will be the first of a series of stories on jailbreaks.
(b) It will be proven by testimonials.
(c) It will be the last one.
(d) It was witnessed by a close friend.

11. What are several reporters doing when the play opens in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Interviewing a suspect.
(b) Playing poker.
(c) Reading the newspaper.
(d) Telling jokes.

12. In response to the sheriff's threat, what does Hildy reveal as blackmail?
(a) The sheriff has been giving money to a waitress.
(b) The sheriff spent the night in a hotel with a waitress.
(c) The sheriff has been giving money to a librarian.
(d) The sheriff spent the night in a hotel with a librarian.

13. In Act 1, Part 2, what do some of the reporters think Louie is lacking?
(a) A sense of humor.
(b) A gun.
(c) A job.
(d) A diamond.

14. Who calls looking for Hildy in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) The woman McCue was talking with earlier.
(b) Endicott.
(c) Walter Burns.
(d) The Mayor.

15. Who does Hildy throw the water on at the end of Act 1, Part 3?
(a) The guards.
(b) Murphy.
(c) The reporters.
(d) Burns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the other reporters not believe that Hildy has actually quit when they hear the news in Act 1, Part 1?

2. Why does Williams think the Mayor and city are trying to hang him?

3. What does Mrs. Grant say about Hildy as she is getting into the cab?

4. What does Burns say he will help Mrs. Schlosser with in Act 1, Part 2?

5. According to Hildy in Act 2, Part 1, what did the psychiatrist do during Williams's examination?

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