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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. After the fire alarm rings in Act 1, Part 1, why do the reporters ignore it?
(a) They don't hear it.
(b) The fire is too far away.
(c) They are afraid of fires.
(d) A fire doesn't seem like a good story to them.

2. What city is Hildy's train going to, according to the tickets he shows the other reporters?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) New York.
(d) Cleveland.

3. What are the other reporters doing in the background as McCue is talking with the woman in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Imitating him.
(b) Laughing at him.
(c) Making crude comments.
(d) Trying to get his attention.

4. What does Hildy hear as he comes into the press room in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) The phone ringing.
(b) The sheriff yelling at his deputy.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) McCue and Murphy arguing.

5. Why does the conversation between the woman and McCue end in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) McCue is frustrated and hangs up.
(b) She is upset and hangs up.
(c) One of the other reporters pulls the phone out of the wall.
(d) The connection is broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hildy offer Jennie in Act 1, Part 3?

2. What upsets Kruger when he hears about Hildy quitting in Act 1, Part 1?

3. What is Kruger, the reporter, doing at the beginning of Act 1, Part 1?

4. What does Hildy wonder about the fire in Act 1, Part 3?

5. In response to the sheriff's threat, what does Hildy reveal as blackmail?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What theory does Woodenshoes have about Williams in the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?

5. What key role does the messenger play in Act 3, Part 3, and how do Hildy and Burns capitalize on it?

6. Who is Mollie and how is she treated by the reporters in the beginning of Act 1, Part 4?

7. 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?

8. Why is Bensinger so protective of his desk and phone in Act 1, Part 1?

9. Who is Mrs. Schlosser, what rule does she break in Act 1, Part 2, and what does it say about the reporters in general?

10. What major event happens at the end of Act 1, Part 4, and what surprising decision does it lead Hildy to make?

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