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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who do the police hope will lead them to the men for whom they are searching?
(a) A bloodhound.
(b) Glenn's girlfriend.
(c) Samuel's brother.
(d) Winston's psychic ability.

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

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

5. Why does Hank become melancholy?
(a) Because a pint of whiskey is barely enough to get high.
(b) Because his mother is very ill and Hank broke out to go see her.
(c) Because he will never have a girl like Cindy or live in a nice house like the Hilliards'.
(d) Because he has no chance of ever getting out of prison alive if he is recaptured.

6. When Dan makes a threat about getting a gun and using it, what is Griffin's response?
(a) He shoots Dan.
(b) He tells Dan he understands his concern.
(c) He tells the other men to put a gag on Dan.
(d) He smiles.

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

8. With what does Griffin gain Dan and Cindy's cooperation?
(a) By saying he and the other men will rape and kill both women.
(b) By tying up Ralphie.
(c) By saying that he was unfairly charged.
(d) The repeated statement that Eleanor will be killed if they do not cooperate.

9. Who does Griffin pretend to be to Eleanor?
(a) The meter reader.
(b) Dan's new mechanic.
(c) A linesman out to repair a transformer.
(d) A farmer stopping for directions to a dairy farm.

10. Who is Helen Laski?
(a) Eleanor's best friend.
(b) Glenn's girlfriend.
(c) Eleanor's neighbor.
(d) Samuel's girlfriend.

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

12. How does Griffin cheer up Hank?
(a) By saying he can take Cindy with him when they leave.
(b) By saying he can visit his mother.
(c) By saying he's never going back to prison.
(d) By saying there is more whiskey.

13. With what does Griffin threaten Cindy if she tries to escape?
(a) Killing Eleanor.
(b) Kidnapping her brother.
(c) Killing her.
(d) Killing her dog.

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

15. What does Chuck want to do that Cindy does not allow?
(a) To talk to Cindy's father.
(b) To have sex in the car.
(c) To come inside the house.
(d) To take Cindy to a motel.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Carson work?

2. What is in place to apprehend the suspect(s)?

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

4. Who is Samuel Robish?

5. What is Dan's response to Ralphie's request.

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