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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Hildy want Peggy and Mrs. Grant to wait for him?
(a) At the bus stop.
(b) At the paper's office.
(c) At the police station.
(d) At the train station.

2. What does the mayor want to know from the sheriff in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) If Williams got the gun from him.
(b) Why his men didn't shoot Williams.
(c) If the psychiatrist gave Williams the gun voluntarily.
(d) How soon they can capture Williams again.

3. What group does Bensinger tell his paper will cause an uprising after the execution?
(a) The chamber of commerce.
(b) The communist party.
(c) The town council.
(d) The city's socialists.

4. What does Murphy say the Sheriff and Mayor will get a lot of after the execution?
(a) Votes.
(b) Thank you cards.
(c) Protests.
(d) Criticism.

5. As we learn in Act 1, Part 1, why is Bensinger protective of his desk?
(a) He is obsessed with germs.
(b) He is hiding things in the desk drawers.
(c) He doesn't like other reporters reading his files.
(d) He recently got a new desk and phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the authors signaling in Act 2, Part 1 with Hildy's account of the jailbreak?

2. What story is McCue investigating at the end of Act 1, Part 1?

3. What comment do the reporters make about Hildy's appearance in Act 1, Part 3?

4. What rule do Schwartz and Murphy say that Mrs. Schlosser has broken at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?

5. According to Bensinger, what won't the Sheriff change about the execution of Williams?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hildy deal with the sheriff and what tactic does he use that the sheriff interestingly responds to in Act 1, Part 4?

2. Choose one reporter's account of the escape as an example and describe how it was relayed in Act 2, Part 1?

3. What interesting set of circumstances reveal the gun as the weapon used in the escape in Act 3, Part 2?

4. Who is waiting for Hildy at the end of Act 2, Part 1, and what decision does he now have to make as a result of his actions?

5. How does Williams meet Hildy in Act 2, Part 4, and what does he explain to him about the police?

6. What does the beginning conversation between the mayor and the sheriff in Act 2, Part 3 reveal about the past and how it relates to the present situation?

7. What does the way Williams escapes from jail reveal about the sheriff, and what is the sheriff's response to it in Act 2, Part 2 tell us about his character?

8. How does Mollie react to the reporters and what does Murphy do to cause her to leave in Act 1, Part 4?

9. What is the general attitude of the reporters in Act 1, Part 1?

10. What impression does Hildy make in relation to his general character at the beginning of Act 1, Part 3?

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