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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What operator does Mrs. Stevenson dial when making a second phone call after she receives the telegram?
(a) Chief.
(b) Business.
(c) Information.
(d) Long distance.

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

3. How many murders does Duffy say are committed in the city every day?
(a) 200.
(b) 85.
(c) A lot.
(d) Hundreds.

4. What does Duffy say about Second Avenue?
(a) It is too busy for a murder.
(b) It is already well patrolled.
(c) It is a short street.
(d) It is a very long street.

5. What is the Third Operator like?
(a) Old and crusty.
(b) Young and sweet.
(c) Firm.
(d) No nonsense.

6. What does Duffy begin to do as Mrs. Stevenson says that she heard the plans of the men distinctly?
(a) Eat his dessert.
(b) Walk around his desk.
(c) Look out the window.
(d) Eat his sandwich.

7. What time does Mr. Stevenson say in the telegram that he is leaving?
(a) 9 p.m.
(b) 10:30 p.m.
(c) 10 p.m.
(d) 11 p.m.

8. What bridge is Mrs. Stevenson's house near?
(a) Bronx.
(b) Rikers.
(c) Queensboro.
(d) Manhattan.

9. What does Duffy do after Mrs. Stevenson says that the call cannot be traced if the parties are no longer talking?
(a) Cough slightly.
(b) Doodle on his pad.
(c) Yawn.
(d) Finish his lunch.

10. What sound does Mrs. Stevenson make when she throw herself back against the pillows?
(a) Soft cry.
(b) A whimper.
(c) A moan.
(d) A sob.

11. How does Mrs. Stevenson describe her maid's weight?
(a) 300 pounder.
(b) 200 pounder.
(c) 185.
(d) 275.

12. What system did Mrs. Stevenson hear the call on?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

13. What is Mrs. Stevenson's attitude when she tells Duffy that he needs to do more than check the call?
(a) Forceful.
(b) Angry.
(c) Imperious.
(d) High-handed.

14. What number does Mrs. Stevenson want the operator to get for her at the end of Act I, Part 4?
(a) Train station.
(b) Henchley Hospital.
(c) Her maid's number.
(d) Her doctor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stevenson believe that Duffy will think she is?

2. How does Duffy describe the clue that Mrs. Stevenson gave him?

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

4. Where does the telegram state that Mrs. Stevenson's husband is going?

5. What does the man offer to do who calls Mrs. Stevenson in Act I, Part 4?

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