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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

5. What is Chuck's occupation?
(a) Priest.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Truck driver.
(d) Lawyer.

6. How old is Ralphie?
(a) 21.
(b) 3.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

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

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

9. For whom does Fredricks work?
(a) Johnstown Police Department.
(b) Indiana State Police.
(c) The FBI.
(d) Iowa State Police.

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

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

12. Who is Ralphie?
(a) The hit and run victim.
(b) Dan and Eleanor Hilliard's next door neighbor's son.
(c) Dan and Eleanor Hilliard's son.
(d) Dan and Eleanor Hilliard's grandson.

13. What name causes Bard to feel terror?
(a) John Jakeres.
(b) Pete Rogers.
(c) Gerry Jones.
(d) Glenn Griffin.

14. What town is the setting for the play?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) Indianapolis.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Fargo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Griffin get inside the Hilliard's home?

2. Why does Hank become melancholy?

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

4. What does Griffin tell Cindy?

5. How long does Griffin say he plans to stay at the house?

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