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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hildy explain to Peggy that he told Burns in the beginning of Act 2, Part 2?
(a) That he was leaving the paper.
(b) That he was going to the party.
(c) That he was staying with the paper temporarily.
(d) That he was going to the train station.

3. What is the sheriff's reaction to the news of Hildy leaving the paper?
(a) He says that he already knows.
(b) He thinks it is good riddance.
(c) He changes the subject.
(d) He doesn't believe it.

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

5. How does the sheriff suggest to the reporters they can get more tickets to the hanging?
(a) By publicizing what a tragedy the execution is.
(b) By advertising the hanging so more people will attend.
(c) By publicizing what a dangerous menace Williams is.
(d) By writing about how Williams is not guilty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the predator called in the story McCue is working on towards the end of Act 1, Part 1?

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

4. According to Hildy in Act 2, Part 1, who did Williams shoot once he got a gun?

5. What does Mrs. Grant tell Peggy and Hildy when she first arrives in Act 2, Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the character of Woodenshoes like, and how is the interaction between him and the reporters significant in Act 1, Part 2?

2. How does Peggy react to Hildy's news in the beginning of Act 2, Part 2, and why?

3. What does Williams tell Mollie about the escape and where he has been the whole time in Act 2, Part 4?

4. What is the one thing Burns says that gets Hildy to write the story in Act 2, Part 5, and what does it say about Hildy's character?

5. What request by the reporters is denied by the Sheriff in Act 1, Part 2, and how does the request itself depict their priorities?

6. How does Williams surprisingly reply to Mollie in Act 2, Part 4 when she offers to escape with him?

7. How does Williams meet Hildy in Act 2, Part 4, and what does he explain to him about the police?

8. What orders are given by the sheriff as Williams is discovered, how does Hildy try and stop what is about to happen at the end of Act 3, Part 2, and what does this series of events add to the overall pace of the play in general?

9. How does Hildy deal with the sheriff and what tactic does he use that the sheriff interestingly responds to in Act 1, Part 4?

10. Who is waiting for Hildy at the end of Act 2, Part 1, and what decision does he now have to make as a result of his actions?

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