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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 is Woodenshoes being sent to get for the reporters in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) A pizza.
(b) Donuts.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Hamburgers.

2. What is Peggy's reaction to the missing money in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) She doesn't care about it.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is not surprised.
(d) She is surprised.

3. The Front Page is set in the press room of which Chicago building?
(a) The Criminal Courts Building.
(b) The Chicago Sun Times.
(c) City Hall.
(d) The Chicago Police Department.

4. How do the reporters act when Jennie enters in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) They stand up and smile.
(b) They yell at her.
(c) They tease her.
(d) They ignore her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hildy assure his girlfriend of in Act 1, Part 4?

2. When does Mollie say she saw Williams in Act 1, Part 4?

3. What does Louie inform the reporters his new job title is in Act 1, Part 2?

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

5. Why does Williams think the Mayor and city are trying to hang him?

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 are the mayor's orders to the sheriff about Williams at the end of Act 2, Part 3, and what influences them?

3. According to Hildy in Act 2, Part 1, how did Williams get the gun in order to escape from jail?

4. Who is Jennie, and what is the contrasting way the reporters and Hildy act towards her at the end of Act 1, Part 3?

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

6. How does Burns unintentionally reveal where Williams is hiding in Act 3, Part 2?

7. What joke does Hildy have at McCue's expense when the two cross paths in Act 2, Part 1?

8. 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?

9. How does Hildy's behavior in Act 3, Part 1 contrast with the way Burns acts?

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

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