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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hildy is short for what name?
(a) Hildenborough.
(b) Hildebrand.
(c) Hildeman.
(d) Hildebrook.

2. What is Woodenshoes wondering at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?
(a) If the reporters are looking for Williams.
(b) If the reporters still want burgers.
(c) If Williams will shoot the reporters.
(d) If the reporters know how Williams escaped.

3. Who tells the sheriff that Hildy has quit the paper in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) Murphy.
(b) Endicott.
(c) Burns.
(d) Hildy.

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

5. What does Hildy promise to his girlfriend before hanging up the phone in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) To meet her at her father's house.
(b) To meet her at the party.
(c) To meet her at the train station.
(d) To meet her at the hanging.

6. What does Peggy accuse Hildy of in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) Helping Williams escape.
(b) Not being able to resist Burns.
(c) Not being honest with her.
(d) Wasting the money.

7. As Hildy is introduced in Act 1, Part 3, what is a major difference between him and the other reporters?
(a) He is not as smart as they are.
(b) He is more optimistic than they are.
(c) He is more depressed than they are.
(d) He is not as confident as they are.

8. What does Hildy assure his girlfriend of in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) That he has handed in his resignation.
(b) That he is not involved with the murder.
(c) That he is collecting his final paycheck.
(d) That he will not attend the hanging.

9. The Front Page is set in the press room of which Chicago building?
(a) City Hall.
(b) The Criminal Courts Building.
(c) The Chicago Police Department.
(d) The Chicago Sun Times.

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

11. In Act 1, Part 1, what does Schwartz tell McCue is the reason that Hildy quit?
(a) He was unhappy with his job.
(b) He accepted a better job.
(c) He left town.
(d) He is getting married.

12. What does Mrs. Grant tell Peggy and Hildy when she first arrives in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) The meter for the cab is running.
(b) The streets are emptying.
(c) The sheriff is looking for them.
(d) Williams has escaped from jail.

13. What does Hildy tell Burns about the story he is giving him in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) It was witnessed by a close friend.
(b) It will be the last one.
(c) It will be the first of a series of stories on jailbreaks.
(d) It will be proven by testimonials.

14. Where does the sheriff say his men have cornered Williams in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) A house on Fifth Street.
(b) Downtown.
(c) A house on Clark Street.
(d) At the bus station.

15. What reason does Mollie give for seeing Williams before the shooting?
(a) He looked unhappy.
(b) She had something to give him.
(c) He asked her to see him.
(d) They met each other by accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Woodenshoes being sent to get for the reporters in Act 1, Part 2?

2. What does Jennie ask the reporters at the end of Act 1, Part 3?

3. What do Murphy and Endicott hope to get from the mayor in Act 2, Part 2?

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

5. Where does Hildy want Peggy and Mrs. Grant to wait for him?

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