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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the signal that Williams is safe, according to Burns at the beginning of Act 3, Part 1?
(a) The word, "safety."
(b) The word, "freedom."
(c) Five knocks.
(d) Three knocks.

2. What does Hildy warn Burns about the other reporters in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) That they are trying to get Williams killed.
(b) That they are trying to get Burns arrested.
(c) That they will be back soon.
(d) That they know the truth about Williams.

3. Who sends the reprieve to cancel the execution in Act 2, Part 3?
(a) The senator.
(b) The state representative.
(c) The president.
(d) The governor.

4. Where does Williams reveal to Mollie that he has been hiding in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) The train station.
(b) The sheriff's closet.
(c) The bus station.
(d) The roof.

5. What does Burns say about Mrs. Grant to discredit her story in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) That she is an angry ex mother-in-law.
(b) That she is drunk.
(c) That she is senile.
(d) That she is blackmailing him.

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

7. 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 Burns in the story.
(b) There is no mention of the paper in the ending paragraph.
(c) There is no mention of the paper in the title.
(d) There is no mention of the paper in the first paragraph.

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

9. What is the mayor's response to the sheriff's statement about how many new deputies he has?
(a) He fires the sheriff.
(b) He ignores it.
(c) He doesn't believe the sheriff.
(d) He is pleased.

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

11. What job does Burns offer Bensinger as a way to get him to leave in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) Covering sports.
(b) Cleaning the offices.
(c) Writing poetry.
(d) A weekly column.

12. Who does Peggy blame for distracting Hildy in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) Mollie.
(c) Williams.
(d) Burns.

13. What does Mollie grab to defend herself with towards the end of Act 2, Part 4?
(a) The gun.
(b) An umbrella.
(c) A knife.
(d) A chair.

14. What does Hildy accuse Burns of in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) Killing Mrs. Grant.
(b) Being bribed by the sheriff.
(c) Being bribed by the mayor.
(d) Killing Williams.

15. Where does Burns tell Louie to go at the end of Act 3, Part 1?
(a) To go and get the police.
(b) To go and get people to move the desk.
(c) To go and get people to distract the police.
(d) To go and get the Mayor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interrupts the sheriff's plans at the end of Act 3, Part 2?

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

3. Where does Hildy drag Williams to after he collapses in Act 2, Part 4?

4. In Act 2, Part 3, what does the mayor tell the sheriff almost cost them the election a couple of years ago?

5. According the mayor in Act 2, Part 3, what isn't real?

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