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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Hildy trying to do as Williams falls from the window?
(a) Call the Sheriff.
(b) Call Burns.
(c) Get more money from Louie.
(d) Leave.

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

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

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

8. 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 first paragraph.
(c) There is no mention of the paper in the title.
(d) There is no mention of the paper in the ending paragraph.

9. 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 blackmailing him.
(c) That she is drunk.
(d) That she is senile.

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

11. What is Peggy doing as she goes to leave in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Ignoring Hildy.
(b) Yelling.
(c) Smiling.
(d) Crying.

12. How does the sheriff recognize the gun as the one Williams had in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) It is the same type of gun that Williams owns.
(b) He saw it when Williams escaped.
(c) It is his gun.
(d) It matches the description from the witnesses.

13. What does Burns tell Hildy on the phone in Act 2, Part 4 after hearing that Williams is with him?
(a) He will give Hildy a lot more money.
(b) He is coming right over.
(c) He doesn't believe him.
(d) He will be there in a few hours.

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

15. What does Burns explain the story is really about to Hildy in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Socialism.
(b) The sheriff's incompetence.
(c) Political corruption.
(d) Murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the sheriff accuse Hildy of conspiring with to hide Williams at the beginning of Act 3, Part 2?

2. Who sends the reprieve to cancel the execution in Act 2, Part 3?

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

4. What does the sheriff tell the warden in Act 3, Part 3?

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

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