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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the mayor tell the sheriff they will need in order to win the next election in Act 2, Part 3?
(a) White voters.
(b) Less hangings.
(c) Colored voters.
(d) A lower crime rate.

2. What does Hildy accuse Burns of in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) Killing Mrs. Grant.
(b) Killing Williams.
(c) Being bribed by the sheriff.
(d) Being bribed by the mayor.

3. What does the mayor offer the messenger as a bribe in Act 2, Part 3?
(a) A one time payment of five hundred dollars.
(b) A one time payment of one thousand dollars.
(c) A new job in another city.
(d) A new job with higher pay.

4. What is Burns planning to do with Williams in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Give him to Hildy.
(b) Transport him to the paper.
(c) Keep him hidden at the pressroom.
(d) Turn him in.

5. Who does Hidly call at the end of Act 2, Part 3?
(a) Williams.
(b) McCue.
(c) Burns.
(d) Peggy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sheriff order the deputies to do at the end of Act 3, Part 2?

2. Who does Hildy try to pass the gun to as the other reporters grab him in Act 3, Part 2?

3. How many wives treated Burns badly, as he reveals in Act 3, Part 1?

4. What does Mrs. Grant inadvertently reveal to the other reporters in her attempt to get Hildy to leave with her in Act 2, Part 4?

5. What does Burns tell the mayor, after being arrested in Act 3, Part 3?

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