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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I, Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Duffy do when he learns a murder has not yet been committed?
(a) Relaxes, sighs, and takes lunch from bag.
(b) Motions for another officer to come in the room.
(c) Grips phone tightly.
(d) Gets up and paces.

2. Where does Duffy say there might be another house on a Second Avenue near a bridge?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Queens.

3. What does Mrs. Stevenson say when Duffy tells her that if she had not heard the call she would not be worried?
(a) It is inhuman.
(b) It is terrifying.
(c) It is frightening.
(d) It is horrible.

4. What does Mrs. Stevenson do as she thinks about being alone that evening?
(a) Runs her hands through her hair.
(b) Wrings her hands.
(c) Pulls on her wedding band.
(d) Twists her bed jacket in her fingers.

5. Where is George speaking on the phone in Act I, Part 1?
(a) Office.
(b) Library.
(c) Gas station.
(d) Phone booth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stevenson call Duffy after she hangs up?

2. How does Sergeant Duffy react when Mrs. Stevenson announces that she wishes to report a murder?

3. How does Mrs. Stevenson describe her maid's weight?

4. In Act I, Part 2, what did Sergeant Duffy get to eat?

5. What line does the operator want the Chief Operator to pick up in Act I, Part 2?

(see the answer key)

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