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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 are the authors signaling in Act 2, Part 1 with Hildy's account of the jailbreak?
(a) That Hildy is helping Williams.
(b) That Hildy was at the jailbreak and witnessed it.
(c) That Hildy is lying.
(d) That the truth lies with Hildy.

2. Why does Peggy ask for the money from Hildy in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) She knows he doesn't have it.
(b) She needs to pay the cab fare.
(c) So she can take care of it.
(d) She doesn't believe Hildy's story.

3. Who does McCue tell his editor accidentally shot a cleaning woman?
(a) Woodenshoes.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) Williams.
(d) The sheriff's deputy.

4. In Act 2, Part 1, what is obvious when comparing Hildy to the other reporters?
(a) Hildy is a worse reporter.
(b) Hildy is a better reporter.
(c) Hildy has a better editor.
(d) Hildy is getting paid more for his story.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Mayor say about the senator's position in Act 2, Part 2?

2. What does Mrs. Grant tell Peggy and Hildy when she first arrives in Act 2, Part 2?

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

4. In Act 1, Part 2, what does Mrs. Schlosser throw when the reporters finally tell her the information she needs to know?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. How does Williams surprisingly reply to Mollie in Act 2, Part 4 when she offers to escape with him?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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