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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Louie, what crashes into a police car in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) A bus.
(b) Another police car.
(c) A cab.
(d) A train.

2. What causes Hildy to hang up the phone angrily in the beginning of Act 2, Part 4?
(a) He learns that Williams may have been shot.
(b) He learns that Burns is not using his story.
(c) He learns that Burns has not sent the money over yet.
(d) He learns that Williams may have escaped from the city.

3. Who does the sheriff pretend to be on the phone in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) Burns.
(b) The mayor.
(c) Hildy.
(d) Mollie.

4. What does Williams tell Hildy about the gun he is holding in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) It is loaded.
(b) It is the murder weapon.
(c) It is empty.
(d) It is the only thing keeping him alive.

5. What is it about Hildy's story that causes Burns and Hildy to argue in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) There is no mention of the paper in the title.
(b) There is no mention of the paper in the ending paragraph.
(c) There is no mention of Burns in the story.
(d) There is no mention of the paper in the first paragraph.

6. Where does Hildy hide Williams as the other reporters are coming back in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) Underneath his desk.
(b) Bensinger's desk.
(c) Behind a file cabinet.
(d) The fire escape.

7. What does Burns convince Hildy to take at the end of Act 3, Part 3?
(a) His watch.
(b) Money.
(c) A better job.
(d) His pen and notebook.

8. In Act 2, Part 3, what does the mayor tell the sheriff almost cost them the election a couple of years ago?
(a) The press's mistake.
(b) The mayor's mistake.
(c) The voters' mistake.
(d) The sheriff's mistake.

9. Where does the sheriff look for Williams originally in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) The fire escape.
(b) The other office.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The hallway.

10. Acting on Burns' orders, who takes Mrs. Grant out in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Louie.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) McCue.
(d) The courier.

11. How much of a reward does the sheriff offer the deputies to kill Williams?
(a) Five hundred dollars.
(b) Three hundred dollars.
(c) Two hundred dollars.
(d) One thousand dollars.

12. According the mayor in Act 2, Part 3, what isn't real?
(a) The freedom of the press.
(b) The sighting of Williams at the train station.
(c) The socialist scare.
(d) The murder Williams is accused of.

13. What are the reporters urging the Sheriff to do in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) Shoot Burns.
(b) Find Mrs. Grant.
(c) Shoot Hildy.
(d) Question Hildy.

14. What does Hildy finally tell Burns at the end of the play in Act 3, Part 3?
(a) That he will write stories in his own way.
(b) That he wants the money he owes him from before.
(c) That he is leaving the newspaper for good.
(d) That he staying with the newspaper for good.

15. After his phone conversation, what does the Sheriff do in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) He arrests Hildy and Burns.
(b) He arrests Mollie and Hildy.
(c) He arrests Bensinger.
(d) He arrests Mollie, Hildy, and Burns.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the mayor's response to the sheriff's statement about how many new deputies he has?

3. Who does Hidly call at the end of Act 2, Part 3?

4. What does Hildy admit to Peggy during their argument in Act 2, Part 5?

5. What are Hildy and Burns charged with in Act 3, Part 3?

(see the answer keys)

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