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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Griffin get inside the Hilliard's home?
(a) He is invited inside by Eleanor.
(b) He pushes his way inside past Eleanor.
(c) He breaks the side door down.
(d) He breaks a window.

2. What is the name of the deputy sheriff who is onstage at the opening of the first act?
(a) Jack Jeels.
(b) Jesse Bard.
(c) Joseph Upstar.
(d) John Bastow.

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

4. How long does Griffin say he plans to stay at the house?
(a) A few days.
(b) Until midnight.
(c) As long as he needs to do so.
(d) An hour.

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

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

7. What type of message does Glenn deliver over the phone?
(a) A terse threat.
(b) No message is delivered; they don't want anyone to know they are there.
(c) A coded message.
(d) A long, complicated message.

8. What do Dan and Cindy do?
(a) Throw hot coffee in Robish and Griffin's faces.
(b) Get Hank's gun from him and push Hank outside.
(c) Attack Griffin.
(d) Fire a weapon to alert the neighbors.

9. Where is Helen Laski?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) Jonesburg.
(c) Indianapolis.
(d) Terre Haute.

10. Who is Cindy?
(a) Dan and Eleanor Hilliard's next door neighbor.
(b) Eleanor Hilliard's best friend.
(c) Dan Hilliard's secretary.
(d) Dan and Eleanor Hilliard's daughter.

11. How much whiskey does Dan bring home?
(a) A half gallon.
(b) Two quarts.
(c) A pint.
(d) None.

12. Where is a getaway car hidden?
(a) In the woods behind the house.
(b) In the garage.
(c) They don't have a car.
(d) In some shrubbery.

13. 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 knock over one of the men.
(d) To try to escape out his bedroom window.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What name causes Bard to feel terror?

2. What does Eleanor do after the house is empty of others?

3. With what does Griffin gain Dan and Cindy's cooperation?

4. Where has Helen Laski been spotted?

5. What town is the setting for the play?

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