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

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

3. Whose responsibility is the situation in the wire report?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The Indiana State Police.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The Fargo Police Department.

4. What outrages Dan?
(a) The way Ralphie is shoved into a chair and tied.
(b) The way the criminals expect dinner.
(c) The fact that he has always taken on defense cases for criminals and is being treated like this.
(d) The sexual pass made at Cindy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What infuriates Dan?

2. What do Dan and Cindy do?

3. For whom does Carson work?

4. With what does Griffin threaten Cindy if she tries to escape?

5. What happens when Cindy goes inside her home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hank tell Griffin and what does Griffin try to do?

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

3. What does Carson tell Bard about Hank?

4. Why and how does Chuck confront Griffin?

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

6. While the convicts inside the house are arguing what does Chuck do?

7. What is happening at the home of Dan and Eleanor Hilliard with their oldest child at the opening of the play?

8. How does Dan feel and what does he say about Cindy?

9. What does Robish do when Chuck begins to come downstairs?

10. What happens to Dan when returning from picking up Griffin's money? How is Dan feeling at this point?

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