The Desperate Hours Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Joseph Hayes
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Desperate Hours Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Joseph Hayes
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens while Cindy is keeping the attention of the criminals?
(a) Chuck sneaks in the basement door.
(b) Dan slips poison into the men's coffee.
(c) Eleanor calls the police on the upstairs extension.
(d) Ralphie slips down the side stairwell.

2. What do the criminals tell Eleanor and Cindy to do?
(a) Make up some bed with linens.
(b) Make some dinner.
(c) Take Ralphie and tie him in his bedroom.
(d) Draw some bath water for the men.

3. What advice does Dan give Ralphie?
(a) Sometimes it's better to be scared than foolish.
(b) To keep his mouth shut and cooperate.
(c) To try to escape out his bedroom window.
(d) To try to knock over one of the men.

4. What is in place to apprehend the suspect(s)?
(a) Wide area helicoptor coverage.
(b) Beefed-up patrols.
(c) Hidden cameras.
(d) Roadblocks.

5. What does Dan want to do?
(a) Have his family escape out the window.
(b) Flip the main circuit breaker.
(c) Call the police on his scanner.
(d) Initiate a gunfight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dan realize that something is wrong in his house?

2. What is the name of the deputy sheriff who is onstage at the opening of the first act?

3. Where do the men want to go?

4. Who is Helen Laski?

5. Who does Griffin pretend to be to Eleanor?

(see the answer key)

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