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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the stage is lit as the curtain rises?
(a) Right side.
(b) Rear.
(c) Left side.
(d) Center.

2. Where is the heavy-set man speaking on the phone in Act I, Part 1?
(a) In a kitchen.
(b) Standing against a wall.
(c) At a desk.
(d) In his living room.

3. What can be heard as the play begins?
(a) Siren.
(b) Train.
(c) Someone shouting.
(d) Children playing outside.

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

5. What does Mrs. Stevenson think the police should do?
(a) Search the entire city.
(b) Station extra patrolmen on her street.
(c) Come to her house.
(d) Call the telephone company.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the place located that the private patrolman goes when he leaves the neighborhood in Act I, Part 1?

2. What does Duffy do when he learns a murder has not yet been committed?

3. How long ago does Mrs. Stevenson say that she heard the call about a murder?

4. What precinct does Sergeant Duffy work for?

5. What does the 1st Man say that the client does not want to happen to the woman in Act I, Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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