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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What accent does George have when he speaks on the phone in Act I, Part 1?
(a) French.
(b) Foreign.
(c) Scottish.
(d) Southern.

2. How does the operator look around when she says she will connect Mrs. Stevenson with the Chief Operator?
(a) Frustrated.
(b) Tiredly.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Wearily.

3. In Act I, Part 1, when does the 1st Man say that the coast will be clear?
(a) Tomorrow morning.
(b) Tonight.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Tomorrow night.

4. Why does Mrs. Stevenson say that the operator has the trace the call in Act I, Part 2?
(a) It is her civic duty.
(b) Because Mrs. Stevenson wants her to.
(c) Because it is her job.
(d) Because she needs to get it right.

5. How is Mrs. Stevenson described as she calls the operator after hearing the conversation between George and the 1st Man in Act I, Part 1?
(a) Unnerved and breathless.
(b) Scared.
(c) Worried.
(d) Frightened and frustrated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Stevenson wearing?

2. Where is there a light in Mrs. Stevenson's room?

3. What does George plan to use to commit the murder?

4. Whose number if Mrs. Stevenson calling in Act I, Part 1?

5. What tone does Mrs. Stevenson use when the operator quickly says she will try to dial the number for her in Act I, Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What time is George to go to the house and kill the woman and why at that time?

2. What does Mrs. Stevenson say about the call she overheard and whether it is still continuing?

3. What happens when the operator dials the number Mrs. Stevenson has been trying to reach in Act I, Part 1?

4. Why is George to wait until 11:15 to kill the woman?

5. What does the operator tell the Chief Operator is the problem?

6. Under what conditions might the Chief Operator be able to trace a call?

7. How does the operator get the attention of the Chief Operator?

8. What is George to do after killing the woman?

9. What does Mrs. Stevenson's bedroom look like?

10. What reason does Mrs. Stevenson give the Chief Operator for wanting the call traced.

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