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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Hildy tell the other reporters he has received as a gift?
(a) One thousand dollars.
(b) Three hundred dollars.
(c) Five hundred dollars.
(d) Two hundred dollars.

2. What are the authors signaling in Act 2, Part 1 with Hildy's account of the jailbreak?
(a) That Hildy is helping Williams.
(b) That Hildy is lying.
(c) That Hildy was at the jailbreak and witnessed it.
(d) That the truth lies with Hildy.

3. Why does the conversation between the woman and McCue end in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) She is upset and hangs up.
(b) The connection is broken.
(c) One of the other reporters pulls the phone out of the wall.
(d) McCue is frustrated and hangs up.

4. What does the sheriff threaten to do to Hildy in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) Arrest him.
(b) Prevent him from catching his train.
(c) Have him exiled from the town.
(d) Have him fired.

5. Where does Hildy want Peggy and Mrs. Grant to wait for him?
(a) At the train station.
(b) At the bus stop.
(c) At the paper's office.
(d) At the police station.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hildy joke about as McCue is leaving in Act 2, Part 1?

2. What does Williams' escape from jail indicate for Hildy?

3. How much of a reward does the sheriff offer the deputies to kill Williams?

4. Who throws Mollie out of the room in Act 1, Part 4?

5. Who does Hidly call at the end of Act 2, Part 3?

(see the answer key)

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