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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hildy admit to Peggy during their argument in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) That he is a horrible human being.
(b) That the other reporters were right about her.
(c) That he doesn't love her anymore.
(d) That he thinks a career as a reporter is more important than her.

2. What does Burns convince Hildy to take at the end of Act 3, Part 3?
(a) Money.
(b) His watch.
(c) His pen and notebook.
(d) A better job.

3. How does Burns tell Hildy he is behaving when he protests Mrs. Grant being taken away?
(a) Selfishly.
(b) Childishly.
(c) Stupidly.
(d) Wisely.

4. Who does Hildy try to pass the gun to as the other reporters grab him in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) Burns.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) Murphy.
(d) Mollie.

5. The purpose of Act 2, Part 3 is to illustrate what major difference in the characters of Hildy, the mayor, and the sheriff?
(a) The integrity that the mayor and the sheriff have, and the lack of integrity of Hildy.
(b) The integrity that Hildy has, and the lack of integrity of the mayor and the sheriff.
(c) The integrity that the mayor has, and the lack of integrity of Hildy and the sheriff.
(d) The integrity that Hildy and the mayor have, and the lack of integrity of the sheriff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sheriff order the deputies to do at the end of Act 3, Part 2?

2. As he escorts the messenger out in Act 2, Part 3, what does the Mayor tell him to do?

3. According to Burns at the end of Act 3, Part 1, what is ruining everything?

4. What does Williams urge the sheriff to do at the beginning of Act 3, Part 3?

5. Who does the sheriff pretend to be on the phone in Act 3, Part 2?

(see the answer keys)

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