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

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

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

4. What does Duffy do after Mrs. Stevenson hangs up?
(a) Starts issuing bulletins.
(b) Leaves the office.
(c) Arranges for more patrol cars in suspicious neighborhoods.
(d) Eats his pie.

5. 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) Yawn.
(c) Doodle on his pad.
(d) Finish his lunch.

6. What does Mrs. Stevenson want Duffy to send to her neighborhood right away?
(a) A radio car.
(b) A motorcycle policeman.
(c) A SWAT team.
(d) A patrol car.

7. What is the man wearing who calls Mrs. Stevenson in Act I, Part 4?
(a) Sports jacket and slacks.
(b) Suit.
(c) Eye-shade and shirtsleeves.
(d) Ball cap and t-shirt.

8. When making a second call after receiving the telegram, how does Mrs. Stevenson lift the receiver?
(a) Hesitantly.
(b) With shaking hands.
(c) With trembling fingers.
(d) Nervously.

9. When did Mrs. Stevenson become sick?
(a) 10 years ago.
(b) 5 years ago.
(c) 12 years ago.
(d) 15 years ago.

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

11. What does Duffy reach for as he tells Mrs. Stevenson not to worry?
(a) Paper sack.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Dessert.
(d) Sandwich.

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

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

14. How does Mrs. Stevenson's husband address her in the telegram he sends?
(a) Honey.
(b) Sweetheart.
(c) Precious.
(d) Darling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Duffy do while Mrs. Stevenson talks and explains about the call she overheard?

2. What is Mrs. Stevenson's maid too lazy to do?

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

4. What operator does Mrs. Stevenson dial when making a second phone call after she receives the telegram?

5. What sound does Mrs. Stevenson make when she throw herself back against the pillows?

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