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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the sheriff do after hearing the mayor's instructions in Act 3, Part 3?
(a) Refuses to follow them.
(b) Apologizes.
(c) Resigns.
(d) Leaves the room immediately.

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

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

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

6. The purpose of Act 2, Part 3 is to illustrate what major difference in the characters of Hildy, the mayor, and the sheriff?
(a) The integrity that the mayor and the sheriff have, and the lack of integrity of Hildy.
(b) The integrity that Hildy and the mayor have, and the lack of integrity of the sheriff.
(c) The integrity that Hildy has, and the lack of integrity of the mayor and the sheriff.
(d) The integrity that the mayor has, and the lack of integrity of Hildy and the sheriff.

7. 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) A weekly column.
(d) Writing poetry.

8. Who interrupts the sheriff's plans at the end of Act 3, Part 2?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Endicott.
(c) Louie.
(d) Mollie.

9. 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 staying with the newspaper for good.
(c) That he wants the money he owes him from before.
(d) That he is leaving the newspaper for good.

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

11. Who does the sheriff accuse Hildy of conspiring with to hide Williams at the beginning of Act 3, Part 2?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Mollie.
(c) McCue.
(d) Louie.

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

13. What does Burns tell the mayor, after being arrested in Act 3, Part 3?
(a) That the mayor killed the police officer, not Williams.
(b) That he will seek revenge.
(c) That the mayor will lose the election.
(d) That he is going to the state authorities.

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

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

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. How many wives treated Burns badly, as he reveals in Act 3, Part 1?

3. What does Burns convince Hildy to take at the end of Act 3, Part 3?

4. After his phone conversation, what does the Sheriff do in Act 3, Part 2?

5. What state of mind is the messenger in when he first enters in Act 3, Part 3?

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