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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the reporters rudely suggest that Mollie is in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) A jealous person.
(b) A liar.
(c) A thief.
(d) A prostitute.

2. What comment do the reporters make about Hildy's appearance in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) He needs a haircut soon.
(b) He isn't wearing a hat.
(c) He is a mess.
(d) He is well dressed and groomed.

3. What is Murphy's version of how Williams escaped?
(a) He bribed a police officer.
(b) A tear gas bomb exploded, causing enough of a commotion for him to escape.
(c) He had an accomplice who helped him escape.
(d) He overpowered the psychiatrist with a gun and ran into the street.

4. What causes Hildy to hang up the phone angrily in the beginning of Act 2, Part 4?
(a) He learns that Burns is not using his story.
(b) He learns that Burns has not sent the money over yet.
(c) He learns that Williams may have been shot.
(d) He learns that Williams may have escaped from the city.

5. What does Mrs. Grant inadvertently reveal to the other reporters in her attempt to get Hildy to leave with her in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) That Hildy helped Williams escape from his examination.
(b) That Hildy shot the psychiatrist.
(c) That Hildy isn't getting married.
(d) That Hildy has caught a murderer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Kruger, the reporter, doing at the beginning of Act 1, Part 1?

4. What technique do the playwrights use to illustrate Hildy's character in Act 1, Part 3?

5. When does Mollie say she saw Williams in Act 1, Part 4?

(see the answer key)

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