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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Hildy's paper that he is leaving?
(a) The Chicago Times.
(b) The Chicago Inquisitor.
(c) The Examiner.
(d) The Enquirer.

2. Who throws Mollie out of the room in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) Burns.
(c) Murphy.
(d) McCue.

3. How much does Hildy tell Burns it cost him to get the full story of Williams' escape?
(a) Four hundred dollars
(b) Two hundred dollars.
(c) Three hundred and fifty dollars.
(d) Two hundred and sixty dollars.

4. At the beginning of Act 1, Part 4, who is Wilson is talking to on the phone?
(a) Hildy's fiancé.
(b) McCue.
(c) Diamond Louie.
(d) Burns.

5. What is McCue's response to Hildy calling in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) He is confused.
(b) He doesn't notice.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He is angry.

6. What does Hildy joke about as McCue is leaving in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) The argument between McCue and Murphy.
(b) The amount of money some of the other reporters are getting for their stories.
(c) Another cleaning woman being shot.
(d) The sheriff's incompetence in allowing Williams to escape.

7. What does Kruger report the senator has called for in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) Military intervention.
(b) A more thorough investigation of the murder.
(c) A new trial.
(d) A ban of all guns.

8. How much money does Hildy tell the other reporters he has received as a gift?
(a) Two hundred dollars.
(b) One thousand dollars.
(c) Three hundred dollars.
(d) Five hundred dollars.

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

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

11. What is Peggy's reaction to the missing money in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) She doesn't care about it.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is surprised.
(d) She is not surprised.

12. What story is McCue investigating at the end of Act 1, Part 1?
(a) A stolen car.
(b) Another fire.
(c) A murder.
(d) A missing girl.

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

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

15. What does Louie inform the reporters his new job title is in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Assistant editor.
(b) Staff reporter.
(c) Opinion columnist.
(d) Circulation manager.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2, Part 1, what is obvious when comparing Hildy to the other reporters?

2. What does Mrs. Grant say about Hildy as she is getting into the cab?

3. According to Bensinger, what won't the Sheriff change about the execution of Williams?

4. Who does Hildy say owns the company he will be working for?

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

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