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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the mayor tell the sheriff they will need in order to win the next election in Act 2, Part 3?
(a) White voters.
(b) Colored voters.
(c) Less hangings.
(d) A lower crime rate.

2. What does the mayor order after hearing the messenger tell the truth in Act 3, Part 3?
(a) For the messenger to be taken away.
(b) For Hildy and Burns to be given money to silence them.
(c) For Hildy and Burns to be released.
(d) For the execution to go on as planned.

3. Why does the messenger give the mayor back the reprieve in Act 3, Part 3?
(a) He wants more money.
(b) He forgot why he kept it.
(c) He wants a better job.
(d) He can't be bribed.

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

5. How long does Burns think it will take his men to get there at the beginning of Act 3, Part 1?
(a) Fifteen minutes.
(b) A half hour.
(c) Ten minutes.
(d) An hour.

6. What are Hildy and Burns charged with in Act 3, Part 3?
(a) Obstruction of justice.
(b) Harboring a fugitive.
(c) Murder.
(d) Corruption.

7. Towards the end of Act 2, Part 3, as Hildy bangs on the door, what does the mayor advise the sheriff?
(a) Arrest Hildy.
(b) Go out through the back door.
(c) Don't open the door.
(d) Be calm.

8. How much money does Louie agree to give Hildy for an IOU?
(a) One hundred and fifty dollars.
(b) Two hundred dollars.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) Two hundred and fifty dollars.

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

10. Who does Hildy try to pass the gun to as the other reporters grab him in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) Murphy.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) Mollie.
(d) Burns.

11. What does Peggy accuse Hildy of during their argument in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Knowing where Williams is.
(b) Lying to her.
(c) Not loving her.
(d) Corruption.

12. Who does Hidly call at the end of Act 2, Part 3?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Burns.
(c) Williams.
(d) McCue.

13. According to Burns at the end of Act 3, Part 1, what is ruining everything?
(a) The police.
(b) Women.
(c) Hildy's story.
(d) Corrupt politicians.

14. What is Hildy talking about repeatedly at the beginning of Act 2, Part 5?
(a) The other reporters and their actions.
(b) Williams escaping.
(c) His money.
(d) What Mollie did.

15. How many wives treated Burns badly, as he reveals in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sheriff do after hearing the mayor's instructions in Act 3, Part 3?

2. What causes Hildy to hang up the phone angrily in the beginning of Act 2, Part 4?

3. How does Burns tell Hildy he is behaving when he protests Mrs. Grant being taken away?

4. What does Burns tell the mayor, after being arrested in Act 3, Part 3?

5. What does the sheriff order the deputies to do at the end of Act 3, Part 2?

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