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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the predator called in the story McCue is working on towards the end of Act 1, Part 1?
(a) The Electric Thief.
(b) The Electric Murderer.
(c) The Electric Killer.
(d) The Electric Bandit.

2. What does the mayor want to know from the sheriff in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) If the psychiatrist gave Williams the gun voluntarily.
(b) Why his men didn't shoot Williams.
(c) If Williams got the gun from him.
(d) How soon they can capture Williams again.

3. What do the reporters tease Diamond Louie about in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Not living up to his name.
(b) His weight.
(c) Working at a fruit stand.
(d) His inexpensive suit.

4. What is the loud noise heard outside of the press room in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) A car crash.
(b) A police siren.
(c) A burglary alarm.
(d) The testing of the gallows.

5. What technique do the playwrights use to illustrate Hildy's character in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Definition by contrast.
(b) The use of money to represent character.
(c) The metaphor referred to in his speech.
(d) Analogy of fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Endicott's version of how Williams escaped?

2. What is the name of Hildy's paper that he is leaving?

3. Why do the other reporters not believe that Hildy has actually quit when they hear the news in Act 1, Part 1?

4. What does Hildy wonder about the fire in Act 1, Part 3?

5. In Act 1, Part 2, what do some of the reporters think Louie is lacking?

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