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

2. What is Mrs. Stevenson's attitude when she tells Duffy that he needs to do more than check the call?
(a) Forceful.
(b) Imperious.
(c) High-handed.
(d) Angry.

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

4. 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) Bites her nails.
(b) Grabs a pill.
(c) Beats her knuckles on the bed.
(d) Throws a pillow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Mr. Stevenson say in the telegram that he is leaving?

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

3. How does Mrs. Stevenson respond at the beginning of Act I, Part 4, when the operator tells her her husband's number is busy?

4. What sound does Mrs. Stevenson make when she throw herself back against the pillows?

5. What is the Third Operator like?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. What does Mrs. Stevenson say about her daily schedule?

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. How does Duffy suggest that Mrs. Stevenson view the matter?

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

(see the answer keys)

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