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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Hildy to hang up the phone angrily in the beginning of Act 2, Part 4?
(a) He learns that Williams may have escaped from the city.
(b) He learns that Williams may have been shot.
(c) He learns that Burns has not sent the money over yet.
(d) He learns that Burns is not using his story.

2. Where does Hildy drag Williams to after he collapses in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) Outside.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The other office.
(d) The hallway.

3. Who is with the reporters as Hildy opens the door at the end of Act 3, Part 1?
(a) The mayor.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) Williams.
(d) Mollie.

4. What state of mind is the messenger in when he first enters in Act 3, Part 3?
(a) Excited.
(b) Shaken.
(c) Angry.
(d) Drunk.

5. How does the sheriff recognize the gun as the one Williams had in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) It is his gun.
(b) It is the same type of gun that Williams owns.
(c) It matches the description from the witnesses.
(d) He saw it when Williams escaped.

6. What does Mrs. Grant inadvertently reveal to the other reporters in her attempt to get Hildy to leave with her in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) That Hildy helped Williams escape from his examination.
(b) That Hildy isn't getting married.
(c) That Hildy shot the psychiatrist.
(d) That Hildy has caught a murderer.

7. What job does Burns offer Bensinger as a way to get him to leave in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) Cleaning the offices.
(b) A weekly column.
(c) Covering sports.
(d) Writing poetry.

8. According the mayor in Act 2, Part 3, what isn't real?
(a) The freedom of the press.
(b) The sighting of Williams at the train station.
(c) The murder Williams is accused of.
(d) The socialist scare.

9. What does Williams urge the sheriff to do at the beginning of Act 3, Part 3?
(a) Arrest Hildy.
(b) Shoot him.
(c) Let him go.
(d) Arrest Burns.

10. Who does Peggy blame for distracting Hildy in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Williams.
(b) Mollie.
(c) Burns.
(d) The sheriff.

11. According to Louie, what crashes into a police car in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) Another police car.
(b) A cab.
(c) A train.
(d) A bus.

12. Towards the end of Act 2, Part 3, as Hildy bangs on the door, what does the mayor advise the sheriff?
(a) Arrest Hildy.
(b) Don't open the door.
(c) Go out through the back door.
(d) Be calm.

13. Where does Woodenshoes tell Hildy that Williams is likely to be in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) On a train.
(b) At Mollie's.
(c) On a bus.
(d) At the gallows.

14. What does Hildy admit to Peggy during their argument in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) That he is a horrible human being.
(b) That he thinks a career as a reporter is more important than her.
(c) That he doesn't love her anymore.
(d) That the other reporters were right about her.

15. How much of a reward does the sheriff offer the deputies to kill Williams?
(a) Five hundred dollars.
(b) One thousand dollars.
(c) Two hundred dollars.
(d) Three hundred dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Burns think it will take his men to get there at the beginning of Act 3, Part 1?

2. What is the mayor's response to the sheriff's statement about how many new deputies he has?

3. What does Burns keep asking Hildy at the beginning of Act 2, Part 5?

4. In reaction to Mrs. Grant's testimony in Act 3, Part 2, how does Burns inadvertently reveal where Williams is hiding?

5. What does Hildy tell the sheriff as his deputies surround Williams in Act 3, Part 2?

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