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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. What does Hildy joke about as McCue is leaving in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) The sheriff's incompetence in allowing Williams to escape.
(b) The argument between McCue and Murphy.
(c) The amount of money some of the other reporters are getting for their stories.
(d) Another cleaning woman being shot.

2. What does Louie inform the reporters his new job title is in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Assistant editor.
(b) Circulation manager.
(c) Opinion columnist.
(d) Staff reporter.

3. What rule do Schwartz and Murphy say that Mrs. Schlosser has broken at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?
(a) A police escort is required to enter the pressroom.
(b) All questions should be directed to their boss.
(c) Only people with press tags are allowed in the pressroom.
(d) Women are barred from the pressroom.

4. According to Bensiger in Act 1, Part 1, what do the other reporters use his area as?
(a) A laundry basket.
(b) A gambling table.
(c) An ash tray.
(d) A bench.

5. What do the reporters rudely suggest that Mollie is in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) A jealous person.
(b) A thief.
(c) A liar.
(d) A prostitute.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hildy want Peggy and Mrs. Grant to wait for him?

2. What does Hildy hear as he comes into the press room in Act 2, Part 1?

3. As Hildy is introduced in Act 1, Part 3, what is a major difference between him and the other reporters?

4. What does Hildy ask the reporters for before he leaves in Act 1, Part 3?

5. What does Hildy promise to his girlfriend before hanging up the phone in Act 1, Part 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the response to the fire alarm ringing by the reporters in Act 1, Part 1, and what does it say about their characters?

2. 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?

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

4. How does money play a subtle part in Peggy and Mrs. Grant's concerns that may differ with Hildy's at this point of the play in Act 2, Part 2?

5. What important document does the messenger bring in Act 2, Part 3, and how does the mayor choose to deal with it?

6. What is the one thing Burns says that gets Hildy to write the story in Act 2, Part 5, and what does it say about Hildy's character?

7. What does Williams tell Mollie about the escape and where he has been the whole time in Act 2, Part 4?

8. What do the senator's quotes at the end of Act 2, Part 2 say about his feelings towards the mayor, and how does the mayor respond?

9. What do the other reporters illustrate when they urge the sheriff to interrogate Hildy in the beginning of Act 3, Part 2, and how does it contrast with what Hildy is doing?

10. What is interesting about the way both the mayor and the sheriff respond to what the messenger does in Act 3, Part 3?

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