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

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

3. What time is it as Duffy tries to end the call with Mrs. Stevenson?
(a) 10:45.
(b) About half past 10.
(c) 10:15.
(d) Nearly 11.

4. How does Mrs. Stevenson respond at the beginning of Act I, Part 4, when the operator tells her her husband's number is busy?
(a) Angrily.
(b) Anxiously.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Nastily.

5. What sound does Mrs. Stevenson make when she throw herself back against the pillows?
(a) A whimper.
(b) A sob.
(c) A moan.
(d) Soft cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. When making a second call after receiving the telegram, how does Mrs. Stevenson lift the receiver?

2. What does Mrs. Stevenson think the police should do?

3. 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?

4. What does Mrs. Stevenson decide she is when she decides to make a second call after she heard the telegram read?

5. What is the man wearing who calls Mrs. Stevenson in Act I, Part 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the scene described where Duffy is sitting?

2. What does the delivery boy tell Duffy he brought him, and why is Duffy frustrated with what the delivery boy brought?

3. What does Mrs. Stevenson say when the phone rings again after she has been speaking with the Third Operator?

4. As Duffy opens his coffee container, what does Mrs. Stevenson tell him that he should do?

5. How does Mrs. Stevenson react after hearing the telegram her husband sent?

6. What does Mrs. Stevenson to do after trying her husband's office number again at the end of Act I, Part 4?

7. What does Mrs. Stevenson say to the Chief Operator right before she hangs up in Act I, Part 3?

8. What does Duffy tell Mrs. Stevenson when she says that the murder could take place in her neighborhood?

9. Why does the operator tell Mrs. Stevenson that she cannot put through the missed calls Mrs. Stevenson received?

10. What does Duffy say about murders in the city?

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