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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the loud noise heard outside of the press room in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) The testing of the gallows.
(b) A car crash.
(c) A burglary alarm.
(d) A police siren.

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

3. What does Mrs. Grant say about Hildy as she is getting into the cab?
(a) He is trustworthy.
(b) He is hiding something.
(c) He is irresponsible.
(d) He is a liar.

4. 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 proven by testimonials.
(c) It will be the first of a series of stories on jailbreaks.
(d) It will be the last one.

5. Who is Hildy waiting for in the press room at the end of Act 2, Part 1?
(a) The courier.
(b) Burns.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) Williams.

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

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

8. What are several reporters doing when the play opens in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Interviewing a suspect.
(b) Telling jokes.
(c) Playing poker.
(d) Reading the newspaper.

9. 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 ban of all guns.
(d) A new trial.

10. After the fire alarm rings in Act 1, Part 1, why do the reporters ignore it?
(a) The fire is too far away.
(b) A fire doesn't seem like a good story to them.
(c) They are afraid of fires.
(d) They don't hear it.

11. Louie states in Act 1, Part 2 that Hildy left for what reason?
(a) An argument with Murphy.
(b) An argument with McCue.
(c) An argument with Burns.
(d) An argument with Endicott.

12. What does Burns say he will help Mrs. Schlosser with in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Finding a good lawyer.
(b) Money.
(c) Getting a job.
(d) Talking to the other reporters.

13. What does the appearance of Peggy and her mother hint of for Hildy?
(a) The possible positive aspects of married life.
(b) The other reporters were right.
(c) The possible negative aspects of married life.
(d) The deception he is carrying.

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

15. Who does McCue tell his editor accidentally shot a cleaning woman?
(a) Williams.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) Woodenshoes.
(d) The sheriff's deputy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of money does Hildy tell the reporters he will be making at his new job?

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

3. Who was the only person to defend Williams at his trial?

4. In Act 1, Part 2, what does Mrs. Schlosser throw when the reporters finally tell her the information she needs to know?

5. Who brings Mrs. Grant, Peggy's mother, in during Act 2, Part 2?

(see the answer keys)

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