The Desperate Hours Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Joseph Hayes
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Desperate Hours Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Joseph Hayes
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dan realize that something is wrong in his house?
(a) The lights are not on.
(b) The blinds are all pulled.
(c) Cindy's bike is fallen over.
(d) The car is not in the garage.

2. What does Eleanor do after the house is empty of others?
(a) Makes another pot of coffee.
(b) Begins her housework.
(c) Calls her best friend for an early morning chat.
(d) Walks down the street to the Catholic church for mass.

3. Who is Cindy?
(a) Dan Hilliard's secretary.
(b) Dan and Eleanor Hilliard's next door neighbor.
(c) Eleanor Hilliard's best friend.
(d) Dan and Eleanor Hilliard's daughter.

4. How much whiskey does Dan bring home?
(a) A pint.
(b) Two quarts.
(c) A half gallon.
(d) None.

5. What is in place to apprehend the suspect(s)?
(a) Beefed-up patrols.
(b) Hidden cameras.
(c) Wide area helicoptor coverage.
(d) Roadblocks.

6. What does Griffin send Dan out to do?
(a) To make a phone call on a pay phone.
(b) To get some groceries.
(c) To get gas in the Hilliard car and to pick up some whiskey.
(d) To take their terms to the police.

7. Why is Bard fearful of the man mentioned in the wire report?
(a) The man is Bard's psychopathic brother.
(b) The man once wounded Bard very badly.
(c) The man has sworn revenge on Bard.
(d) The man is serial murderer.

8. What infuriates Dan?
(a) When his son is handled roughly.
(b) When his daughter begins to cry.
(c) When Eleanor screams.
(d) When the convicts laugh at Cindy's fear.

9. What does Dan offer the criminals?
(a) Safe passage to the State Line.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Money to leave.

10. What advice does Dan give Ralphie?
(a) To keep his mouth shut and cooperate.
(b) To try to escape out his bedroom window.
(c) To try to knock over one of the men.
(d) Sometimes it's better to be scared than foolish.

11. Who is Samuel Robish?
(a) A man who murders a pimp.
(b) A man who robbed a bank.
(c) A man who escaped jail.
(d) A man who commits a hit and run.

12. Who taunts Cindy?
(a) Griffin.
(b) Robish.
(c) No one; Griffin does not allow it.
(d) Hank.

13. For whom does Carson work?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The Fargo P.D.
(c) The Justice Department.
(d) The CIA.

14. Who does Griffin beat for insolence?
(a) Cindy.
(b) Ralphie.
(c) Robish.
(d) Winston.

15. What does Dan want to do?
(a) Call the police on his scanner.
(b) Flip the main circuit breaker.
(c) Initiate a gunfight.
(d) Have his family escape out the window.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Griffin tell Cindy?

2. What is the name of the deputy sheriff who is onstage at the opening of the first act?

3. How long does Griffin say he plans to stay at the house?

4. What happens when Cindy goes inside her home?

5. What happens while Cindy is keeping the attention of the criminals?

(see the answer keys)

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