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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 escaped from the city.
(d) He learns that Williams may have been shot.

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

3. What does Kruger ask will happen as a result of Williams's escape?
(a) The sheriff will be fired.
(b) There will be a socialist uprising.
(c) The mayor will close the train station.
(d) There will be more murders.

4. Where does Burns tell Louie to go at the end of Act 3, Part 1?
(a) To go and get people to distract the police.
(b) To go and get people to move the desk.
(c) To go and get the Mayor.
(d) To go and get the police.

5. What job does Burns offer Bensinger as a way to get him to leave in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) A weekly column.
(b) Covering sports.
(c) Cleaning the offices.
(d) Writing poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. As he escorts the messenger out in Act 2, Part 3, what does the Mayor tell him to do?

2. According to Hildy in Act 2, Part 1, who did Williams shoot once he got a gun?

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

4. What are the authors signaling in Act 2, Part 1 with Hildy's account of the jailbreak?

5. What character's actions earlier in the play are similar to Burns' actions with Bensinger in Act 3, Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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