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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Mrs. Stevenson hang up the phone after the man who calls her in Act I, Part 4, hangs up?
(a) Quickly.
(b) Slams the receiver.
(c) Slowly.
(d) Bangs the receiver.

4. When Mrs. Stevenson thinks about being alone that evening, what reference to time does she make and say that she cannot be alone any longer than that?
(a) A minute.
(b) A second.
(c) Hour.
(d) A few minutes.

5. What sound does Mrs. Stevenson make after she is told her husband's number is busy?
(a) Whimper.
(b) Short cry.
(c) Sob.
(d) Small scream.

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

7. What does Mrs. Stevenson do after hearing that her husband will not be home that evening right before she makes a call to the operator again?
(a) Beats her knuckles on the bed.
(b) Grabs a pill.
(c) Bites her nails.
(d) Throws a pillow.

8. What does Mrs. Stevenson say when Duffy tells her that if she had not heard the call she would not be worried?
(a) It is terrifying.
(b) It is frightening.
(c) It is inhuman.
(d) It is horrible.

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

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

11. Who brings Mrs. Stevenson her breakfast in the morning?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her maid.
(c) A friend.
(d) The cook.

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

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

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

15. After listening to the telegram, what does Mrs. Stevenson say after the operator tells her that there is no answer at her husband's office?
(a) Surely he is still there.
(b) Elbert, how could you.
(c) He has to answer.
(d) He cannot be gone.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Mrs. Stevenson tells Duffy when she became sick, what does he tell her?

2. What does Duffy begin to do as Mrs. Stevenson says that she heard the plans of the men distinctly?

3. What does Mrs. Stevenson say after hearing the telegram her husband sent?

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

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

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