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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 Kruger say Williams was seen while reporting the story to his paper in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) Stealing a car downtown.
(b) Getting on a train at the station.
(c) Boarding a bus downtown.
(d) Robbing a local grocery store.

2. As Hildy is introduced in Act 1, Part 3, what is a major difference between him and the other reporters?
(a) He is more optimistic than they are.
(b) He is not as smart as they are.
(c) He is more depressed than they are.
(d) He is not as confident as they are.

3. What is Woodenshoes wondering at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?
(a) If the reporters know how Williams escaped.
(b) If the reporters are looking for Williams.
(c) If the reporters still want burgers.
(d) If Williams will shoot the reporters.

4. What is the sheriff's reaction to the news of Hildy leaving the paper?
(a) He changes the subject.
(b) He thinks it is good riddance.
(c) He doesn't believe it.
(d) He says that he already knows.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kruger ask will happen as a result of Williams's escape?

2. What do Murphy and Endicott hope to get from the mayor in Act 2, Part 2?

3. What is the loud noise heard outside of the press room in Act 1, Part 2?

4. What job does Hildy tell the reporters he is quitting the paper for?

5. What pace does the play set during Act 1, Part 1, particularly where the dialogue is concerned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two different meanings can be interpreted from the way the other reporters react to Hildy's leaving in Act 1, Part 3?

2. What important fact do we learn by Murphy about the Mayor and the Sheriff in Act 1, Part 2?

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

7. What orders are given by the sheriff as Williams is discovered, how does Hildy try and stop what is about to happen at the end of Act 3, Part 2, and what does this series of events add to the overall pace of the play in general?

8. What does Hildy's speech reveal about his feelings towards the newspaper business, and what event in Act 1, Part 3 somewhat contradicts it?

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

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

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