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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 does Mrs. Stevenson do as she thinks about being alone that evening?
(a) Pulls on her wedding band.
(b) Wrings her hands.
(c) Runs her hands through her hair.
(d) Twists her bed jacket in her fingers.

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

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

4. What does Duffy do while Mrs. Stevenson talks and explains about the call she overheard?
(a) Twirls the cord of the phone.
(b) Doodles on a pad of paper.
(c) Pays the attendant.
(d) Does some paperwork.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What sound can be heard as Mrs. Stevenson picks up the phone to call again at the end of Act I, Part III?

4. What does Mrs. Stevenson say that her husband thinks about her?

5. What sound does Mrs. Stevenson make after she is told her husband's number is busy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stevenson say about her maid?

2. At the beginning of Act I, Part 4, what does Mrs. Stevenson say and do after getting a busy signal on her husband's number again?

3. How does the call end with the Western Union messenger?

4. After speaking with Western Union, what sound can be heard outside and what does Mrs. Stevenson do?

5. What does Mrs. Stevenson say and do after the operator tells her that she cannot put through the calls that Mrs. Stevenson missed?

6. As Duffy tries to end the call with Mrs. Stevenson, what does she ask him to do?

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

8. Who is the telegram from that Mrs. Stevenson receives, and what does it say?

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

10. Who calls Mrs. Stevenson after she finishes speaking with the Third Operator?

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