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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are most of the reporters depicted in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Lazy and passive.
(b) Lazy and impatient.
(c) Lazy and quiet.
(d) Lazy and confused.

2. Why does Williams think the Mayor and city are trying to hang him?
(a) Because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
(b) Because he didn't have enough money to pay a traffic ticket.
(c) Because he is a radical.
(d) Because he did not vote for the Mayor.

3. What does the woman report to McCue, the reporter, at the beginning of Act 1, Part 1?
(a) A burglary.
(b) A stolen car.
(c) A peeping tom.
(d) A domestic disturbance.

4. Why do the other reporters not believe that Hildy has actually quit when they hear the news in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) They don't think he can do any other job.
(b) They don't think his boss would have let him leave.
(c) They are positive that he is happy with his job.
(d) They think he is making too much money to leave.

5. What city is Hildy's train going to, according to the tickets he shows the other reporters?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the reporters tease Diamond Louie about in Act 1, Part 2?

2. How do the reporters act when Jennie enters in Act 1, Part 3?

3. Louie states in Act 1, Part 2 that Hildy left for what reason?

4. What kind of money does Hildy tell the reporters he will be making at his new job?

5. How much money does Hildy tell the other reporters he has received as a gift?

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