The Desperate Hours Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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 - Medium

Joseph Hayes
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ralphie want to do?
(a) To play with his nintendo.
(b) To try to escape.
(c) To call his best friend.
(d) To watch t.v.

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

3. Who is Chuck?
(a) The husband of Helen.
(b) Cindy's boyfriend.
(c) Dan's business partner.
(d) Glenn's cousin.

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

5. Who tries to attack Robish?
(a) The family dog.
(b) Ralphie.
(c) Dan.
(d) Cindy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Bard fearful of the man mentioned in the wire report?

2. To where does the setting of the scene shift?

3. When Dan makes a threat about getting a gun and using it, what is Griffin's response?

4. Who is Ralphie?

5. For whom does Fredricks work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ralphie do while everyone's attention is on Cindy?

2. How does the atmosphere at the Indianapolis sheriff's department appear at the beginning of the play and what changes that?

3. Who shows up at the house the next morning?

4. Who knocks at the door of the Hilliard's house and what does he do?

5. What does Bard say about his encounter with Griffin in the past?

6. What convinces Griffin to get ready to leave the house?

7. What does Dan tell Eleanor to do after Robish is gone and what does Griffin do?

8. What makes Jesse Bard scared about the report Winston is reading the first morning at the sheriff's department?

9. What happens when Cindy arrives home after her date with Chuck?

10. During the first scene at the Hilliard house, how does Eleanor feel when her family are all gone off to their daily places, and what does she do?

(see the answer keys)

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