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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 Mrs. Stevenson say mechanically to the phone after the man who calls her in Act I, Part 4, hangs up?
(a) Yes.
(b) Good night.
(c) Thank you.
(d) No.

2. What sound does Mrs. Stevenson hear as she is speaking with a woman at Henchley Hospital?
(a) A door opening.
(b) Someone lifting the receiver in her house.
(c) Someone breathing heavily on her line.
(d) A door closing.

3. What is Mrs. Stevenson's emotional state when the woman at Henchley Hospital says that they cannot send out a nurse?
(a) Hysterical.
(b) Angry.
(c) Irritated.
(d) Weepy.

4. What word does Mrs. Stevenson use to describe the fact that the Chief Operator will not trace the call?
(a) Idiotic.
(b) Negligent.
(c) Inefficient.
(d) Stupid.

5. What does the man offer to do who calls Mrs. Stevenson in Act I, Part 4?
(a) Call someone to be with her.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Deliver the telegram.
(d) Read the message again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be heard as the play begins?

2. What time is it when Mrs. Stevenson is talking to the woman at Henchley Hospital?

3. What time does Mr. Stevenson say in the telegram that he is leaving?

4. What does Mrs. Stevenson accuse the operator of doing after the operator tells her that the number is busy in Act I, Part 2?

5. What does Duffy do after Mrs. Stevenson hangs up?

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