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

2. What does Mrs. Stevenson call Duffy after she hangs up?
(a) Idiot.
(b) Incompetent.
(c) Nincompoop.
(d) Ignoramus.

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

4. What is the name of Mrs. Stevenson's maid?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Betty.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Eloise.

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

6. What are Mrs. Stevenson's movements like after hearing that her husband will not be home that evening?
(a) Frenzied.
(b) Hesitant.
(c) Jerky.
(d) Mechanical.

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

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

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

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

11. What does Duffy do when he learns a murder has not yet been committed?
(a) Relaxes, sighs, and takes lunch from bag.
(b) Gets up and paces.
(c) Grips phone tightly.
(d) Motions for another officer to come in the room.

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

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

14. What is Mrs. Stevenson's maid too lazy to do?
(a) Vacuum.
(b) Replace the flowers.
(c) Bring up a breakfast tray.
(d) Clean the refrigerator.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Duffy do after Mrs. Stevenson says that the call cannot be traced if the parties are no longer talking?

5. What is the Third Operator like?

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