The Desperate Hours Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

The Desperate Hours Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the men want to go?
(a) Louisville.
(b) Baja.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Boston.

2. How long has Robish been in prison?
(a) 18 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) A few months.
(d) 28 years.

3. What does Cindy's arrival at home cause?
(a) Hank's melancholy to improve.
(b) More commotion in the house.
(c) The dog to bark.
(d) The neighbor to come over.

4. What infuriates Dan?
(a) When his son is handled roughly.
(b) When his daughter begins to cry.
(c) When Eleanor screams.
(d) When the convicts laugh at Cindy's fear.

5. What is Dan's response to Ralphie's request.
(a) To not be foolish.
(b) To play the game but not to be too loud.
(c) That the t.v. is being watched by the criminals.
(d) That he can't call his friend right now.

6. To where does the setting of the scene shift?
(a) Dan and Eleanor Hilliard's home.
(b) The site of the jail breakout.
(c) The local bank that is robbed.
(d) The morgue where the hit and run victim lies.

7. How does Dan realize that something is wrong in his house?
(a) The car is not in the garage.
(b) The lights are not on.
(c) Cindy's bike is fallen over.
(d) The blinds are all pulled.

8. Who taunts Cindy?
(a) Hank.
(b) No one; Griffin does not allow it.
(c) Griffin.
(d) Robish.

9. Why is Bard fearful of the man mentioned in the wire report?
(a) The man once wounded Bard very badly.
(b) The man is serial murderer.
(c) The man is Bard's psychopathic brother.
(d) The man has sworn revenge on Bard.

10. What does Griffin send Dan out to do?
(a) To make a phone call on a pay phone.
(b) To get some groceries.
(c) To take their terms to the police.
(d) To get gas in the Hilliard car and to pick up some whiskey.

11. Why does Griffin leave the living room drapes open?
(a) To be able to see outside.
(b) To let in some light.
(c) So things appear normal in the house.
(d) Because the rod broke when he forced his way into the house.

12. Who is Samuel Robish?
(a) A man who escaped jail.
(b) A man who murders a pimp.
(c) A man who commits a hit and run.
(d) A man who robbed a bank.

13. What does Eleanor do after the house is empty of others?
(a) Walks down the street to the Catholic church for mass.
(b) Calls her best friend for an early morning chat.
(c) Makes another pot of coffee.
(d) Begins her housework.

14. Who calls on the phone?
(a) Winston.
(b) Chip.
(c) Chuck.
(d) Bard.

15. Where does the situation in the wire report take place?
(a) Pittsburg.
(b) Fargo.
(c) Jonesburg.
(d) Terre Haute.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dan want to do?

2. What does Dan tell Griffin the second Dan spies the loaded gun?

3. About what does Deputy Winston read a wire report?

4. What does Chuck want to do that Cindy does not allow?

5. Who is Helen Laski?

(see the answer keys)

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