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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. Who throws Mollie out of the room in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) McCue.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) Murphy.
(d) Burns.

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

3. What is the loud noise heard outside of the press room in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) A car crash.
(b) A burglary alarm.
(c) A police siren.
(d) The testing of the gallows.

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

5. What does Mrs. Grant say about Hildy as she is getting into the cab?
(a) He is a liar.
(b) He is hiding something.
(c) He is irresponsible.
(d) He is trustworthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hildy tell Burns about the story he is giving him in Act 2, Part 1?

2. What does Jennie ask the reporters at the end of Act 1, Part 3?

3. What does Louie think about Hildy quitting in Act 1, Part 2?

4. Who does Hildy throw the water on at the end of Act 1, Part 3?

5. What is Murphy's version of how Williams escaped?

Short Essay Questions

1. Through the exchange of dialogue by the reporters as they are calling in their stories, what new information do we learn about the hanging of Williams in Act 1, Part 2?

2. What character traits are we already beginning to see in Mrs. Grant and what is interesting about her remark about Hildy on the way to cab, and the way Peggy responds in Act 2, Part 2?

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

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

5. What are the true motives of the mayor and the sheriff, as announced in the beginning of Act 2, Part 3?

6. How does Burns deal with Bensinger in Act 3, Part 1, and what parallel can be drawn between that and another character in the book?

7. What are the possible motives of Mollie's desperate act at the end of Act 2, Part 4, and what might they cause Hildy to think about at this point in the play?

8. What is the contrast in the way Hildy and Burns look at the same set of circumstances in the very beginning of Act 2, Part 5?

9. What are some of the interesting things that we learn about the sheriff in Act 1, Part 4?

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

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