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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 Murphy's version of how Williams escaped?
(a) He had an accomplice who helped him escape.
(b) He overpowered the psychiatrist with a gun and ran into the street.
(c) A tear gas bomb exploded, causing enough of a commotion for him to escape.
(d) He bribed a police officer.

2. Who is Mrs. Schlosser looking for at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Endicott.
(b) The police sergeant.
(c) McCue.
(d) Her husband.

3. What does Hildy offer Jennie in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Money.
(b) To help her find a new job.
(c) A donut.
(d) To help her clean.

4. What is the predator called in the story McCue is working on towards the end of Act 1, Part 1?
(a) The Electric Murderer.
(b) The Electric Bandit.
(c) The Electric Thief.
(d) The Electric Killer.

5. What does Hildy do when Burns calls in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) Rips the phone out of the wall.
(b) Ignores the call.
(c) Hands the phone to McCue.
(d) Hangs up the phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jennie cleaning up at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?

2. Who is Hildy waiting for in the press room at the end of Act 2, Part 1?

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

4. What comment do the reporters make about Hildy's appearance in Act 1, Part 3?

5. According to Hildy in Act 2, Part 1, what did the psychiatrist do during Williams's examination?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When does Mollie say she saw Williams and how does she explain her relationship with him to the reporters in Act 1, Part 4?

4. What is interesting about the way both the mayor and the sheriff respond to what the messenger does in Act 3, Part 3?

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

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

7. How does money play a subtle part in Peggy and Mrs. Grant's concerns that may differ with Hildy's at this point of the play in Act 2, Part 2?

8. What is the character of Woodenshoes like, and how is the interaction between him and the reporters significant in Act 1, Part 2?

9. What does the way Williams escapes from jail reveal about the sheriff, and what is the sheriff's response to it in Act 2, Part 2 tell us about his character?

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

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