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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. What does Mrs. Stevenson look at as she gives the Chief Operator her phone number in Act I, Part 2?
(a) Window.
(b) Bedroom door.
(c) Clock.
(d) Nightstand.

2. What word does Mrs. Stevenson use to describe the fact that the Chief Operator will not trace the call?
(a) Negligent.
(b) Inefficient.
(c) Idiotic.
(d) Stupid.

3. What is Mrs. Stevenson's maiden name?
(a) Andrews.
(b) Jones.
(c) Phillips.
(d) Smythe.

4. What number is Mrs. Stevenson dialing as the play begins?
(a) 4-0098.
(b) 5-0041.
(c) 3-0067.
(d) 7-1492.

5. Who is with Sergeant Duffy in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) The Chief.
(b) A young man.
(c) A secretary.
(d) A young woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stevenson call the two men she heard on the phone when she asks the operator to trace the call in Act I, Part 1?

2. When the phone is answered in Act I, Part 1, what side of the stage is lit?

3. How is Mrs. Stevenson described as she calls the operator after hearing the conversation between George and the 1st Man in Act I, Part 1?

4. What is the heavy-set man wearing as he speaks on the phone in Act I, Part 1?

5. What does the 1st Man tell George about what light's will be on when George goes to the place where the 1st Man is sending him in Act I, Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the operator dials the number Mrs. Stevenson has been trying to reach in Act I, Part 1?

2. How does Ms. Stevenson respond when the operator tells her in Act I, Part 2, that the number is busy?

3. What does Mrs. Stevenson's bedroom look like?

4. What time is George to go to the house and kill the woman and why at that time?

5. What information does the Chief Operator ask Mrs. Stevenson?

6. What is Mrs. Stevenson doing as the curtain rises in Act I, Part 1?

7. Under what conditions might the Chief Operator be able to trace a call?

8. What does the operator tell the Chief Operator is the problem?

9. Why is the Chief Operator not able to trace the call for Mrs. Stevenson?

10. What instructions is George given for the actual murder?

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