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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Hildy tell the reporters he is quitting the paper for?
(a) A job as a lawyer.
(b) An advertising job.
(c) A job as a police officer.
(d) An accounting job.

2. What does Burns keep asking Hildy at the beginning of Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Where the sheriff is.
(b) Where the other reporters are.
(c) Where Mollie is.
(d) Where Williams is.

3. What is Burns planning to do with Williams in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Give him to Hildy.
(b) Turn him in.
(c) Transport him to the paper.
(d) Keep him hidden at the pressroom.

4. What is Hildy talking about repeatedly at the beginning of Act 2, Part 5?
(a) His money.
(b) Williams escaping.
(c) The other reporters and their actions.
(d) What Mollie did.

5. What does Kruger report the senator has called for in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) Military intervention.
(b) A new trial.
(c) A more thorough investigation of the murder.
(d) A ban of all guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Hildy's speech in Act 1, Part 3, what kind of life does he say a reporter has?

2. What does Hildy's response to the fire show in Act 1, Part 3, that some view as contradictory to his other behavior in the play so far?

3. What does Mrs. Grant say about Hildy as she is getting into the cab?

4. What does Hildy explain to Peggy that he told Burns in the beginning of Act 2, Part 2?

5. What comment do the reporters make about Hildy's appearance in Act 1, Part 3?

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