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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the situation in the wire report take place?
(a) Fargo.
(b) Jonesburg.
(c) Terre Haute.
(d) Pittsburg.

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

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

4. Why does Hank become melancholy?
(a) Because his mother is very ill and Hank broke out to go see her.
(b) Because he will never have a girl like Cindy or live in a nice house like the Hilliards'.
(c) Because he has no chance of ever getting out of prison alive if he is recaptured.
(d) Because a pint of whiskey is barely enough to get high.

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

6. What is Dan's response to Ralphie's request.
(a) To play the game but not to be too loud.
(b) That he can't call his friend right now.
(c) To not be foolish.
(d) That the t.v. is being watched by the criminals.

7. What town is the setting for the play?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Minneapolis.
(c) Indianapolis.
(d) Fargo.

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

9. Who is the last one to arrive at the Hilliard home?
(a) Charles.
(b) Ralphie.
(c) Rickie.
(d) Winston.

10. When Dan makes a threat about getting a gun and using it, what is Griffin's response?
(a) He smiles.
(b) He tells the other men to put a gag on Dan.
(c) He shoots Dan.
(d) He tells Dan he understands his concern.

11. Where has Helen Laski been spotted?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Davenport.
(c) Terre Haute.
(d) Columbus.

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

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

14. What did Chuck do that night?
(a) Told Cindy he was terminally ill.
(b) Proposed marriage.
(c) Broke up with Cindy.
(d) Accepted a job in Los Angelos.

15. What does Cindy's arrival at home cause?
(a) The dog to bark.
(b) The neighbor to come over.
(c) More commotion in the house.
(d) Hank's melancholy to improve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ralphie want to do?

2. What is Chuck's occupation?

3. How much whiskey does Dan bring home?

4. Where is a getaway car hidden?

5. What infuriates Dan?

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