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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the reporters doing as they phone in their stories in Act 3, Part 3?
(a) Trying to impress Burns so he will hire them.
(b) Making up details.
(c) Stealing Hildy's reporting.
(d) Asking for raises.

3. What does Williams urge the sheriff to do at the beginning of Act 3, Part 3?
(a) Let him go.
(b) Arrest Burns.
(c) Arrest Hildy.
(d) Shoot him.

4. What is Burns planning to do with Williams in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Give him to Hildy.
(b) Transport him to the paper.
(c) Keep him hidden at the pressroom.
(d) Turn him in.

5. What character's actions earlier in the play are similar to Burns' actions with Bensinger in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) Murphy.
(b) McCue.
(c) Louie.
(d) The mayor.

6. What does the sheriff order the deputies to do at the end of Act 3, Part 2?
(a) Remove Hildy.
(b) Remove Burns.
(c) Shoot Hildy.
(d) Shoot Williams.

7. What does Hildy tell the sheriff as his deputies surround Williams in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) That Williams knows about the affair the sheriff is having with the librarian.
(b) That he should be arrested for political corruption.
(c) That Williams is harmless.
(d) That Williams is armed.

8. 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.

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

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

11. What does Mrs. Grant inadvertently reveal to the other reporters in her attempt to get Hildy to leave with her in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) That Hildy has caught a murderer.
(b) That Hildy isn't getting married.
(c) That Hildy shot the psychiatrist.
(d) That Hildy helped Williams escape from his examination.

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

13. What does the sheriff tell the warden in Act 3, Part 3?
(a) The execution is postponed.
(b) To make room for Hildy and Burns.
(c) To make room for Williams.
(d) The execution is going as planned.

14. What does Hildy accuse Peggy of during their argument in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Being part of the corruption.
(b) Wanting him to be a loser.
(c) Being the last one to see Williams before the murder.
(d) Wanting him to be someone else.

15. What does Burns keep asking Hildy at the beginning of Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Where the sheriff is.
(b) Where Williams is.
(c) Where Mollie is.
(d) Where the other reporters are.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the sheriff look for Williams originally in Act 3, Part 2?

2. What does Burns tell Hildy on the phone in Act 2, Part 4 after hearing that Williams is with him?

3. How many men does the sheriff tell the mayor he has sworn in as new deputies in Act 2, Part 3?

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

5. What does Williams tell Hildy about the gun he is holding in Act 2, Part 4?

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