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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Hildy tell the reporters he is quitting the paper for?
(a) An accounting job.
(b) A job as a police officer.
(c) An advertising job.
(d) A job as a lawyer.

2. Why do the other reporters not believe that Hildy has actually quit when they hear the news in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) They don't think he can do any other job.
(b) They don't think his boss would have let him leave.
(c) They are positive that he is happy with his job.
(d) They think he is making too much money to leave.

3. In response to the sheriff's threat, what does Hildy reveal as blackmail?
(a) The sheriff has been giving money to a librarian.
(b) The sheriff spent the night in a hotel with a waitress.
(c) The sheriff has been giving money to a waitress.
(d) The sheriff spent the night in a hotel with a librarian.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who did Williams tell he was innocent, according to Woodenshoe?
(a) His priest.
(b) Endicott.
(c) His wife.
(d) McCue.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are most of the reporters depicted in Act 1, Part 1?

2. What pace does the play set during Act 1, Part 1, particularly where the dialogue is concerned?

3. Louie states in Act 1, Part 2 that Hildy left for what reason?

4. As we learn in Act 1, Part 1, why is Bensinger protective of his desk?

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

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