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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Peggy doing as she goes to leave in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Ignoring Hildy.
(b) Yelling.
(c) Crying.
(d) Smiling.

2. What job does Hildy tell the reporters he is quitting the paper for?
(a) A job as a police officer.
(b) An accounting job.
(c) An advertising job.
(d) A job as a lawyer.

3. What is Hildy talking about repeatedly at the beginning of Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Williams escaping.
(b) His money.
(c) The other reporters and their actions.
(d) What Mollie did.

4. Who does the sheriff blame for Williams's escape in his conversation with the Mayor?
(a) His deputy.
(b) Hildy.
(c) McCue.
(d) The psychiatrist.

5. What is Burns planning to do with Williams in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Turn him in.
(b) Transport him to the paper.
(c) Keep him hidden at the pressroom.
(d) Give him to Hildy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kruger ask will happen as a result of Williams's escape?

2. What does the mayor want to know from the sheriff in Act 2, Part 2?

3. What does Hildy's response to the fire show in Act 1, Part 3, that some view as contradictory to his other behavior in the play so far?

4. In Hildy's speech in Act 1, Part 3, what kind of life does he say a reporter has?

5. How does Burns tell Hildy he is behaving when he protests Mrs. Grant being taken away?

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