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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stevenson believe that Duffy will think she is?
(a) Crazy.
(b) Over excited.
(c) A fool.
(d) Neurotic.

2. What is Duffy feeling as Mrs. Stevenson gives her name and address?
(a) Impatience.
(b) Frustration.
(c) High interest.
(d) Exasperation.

3. After Duffy say the police will take care of the matter, what does Mrs. Stevenson ask will be done?
(a) Call her private patrolman.
(b) Broadcast the information all over the city.
(c) Issue a radio announcement.
(d) Post someone in her heighborhood.

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

5. What does the lunch counter attendant bring Duffy while he is speaking to Mrs. Stevenson?
(a) Blueberry turnovers.
(b) Apple pie.
(c) Cherry turnovers.
(d) Blueberry pie.

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

7. What does Mrs. Stevenson say that her husband thinks about her?
(a) He is deeply in love with her.
(b) He will do anything for her because he loves her so much.
(c) He is infatuated with her.
(d) He is crazy about her and adores her.

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

9. What is Duffy's attitude as he listens to Mrs. Stevenson explain what she wants?
(a) Bored.
(b) Frustrated.
(c) Exasperated.
(d) Not too impressed.

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

11. Where does the telegram state that Mrs. Stevenson's husband is going?
(a) Hartford.
(b) Boston.
(c) Providence.
(d) Philadelphia.

12. How does Duffy describe the clue that Mrs. Stevenson gave him?
(a) Useless.
(b) Minute.
(c) Indefinite.
(d) Vague.

13. What type of voice does the man have who calls Mrs. Stevenson in Act I, Part 4?
(a) Lively and pleasant.
(b) Dull and flat.
(c) Monotone.
(d) Quick and hurried.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Stevenson respond at the beginning of Act I, Part 4, when the operator tells her her husband's number is busy?

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

3. Who brings Mrs. Stevenson her breakfast in the morning?

4. What does Mrs. Stevenson do when Duffy says he has other matters to attend to?

5. What number does Mrs. Stevenson want the operator to get for her at the end of Act I, Part 4?

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