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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hildy accuse Peggy of during their argument in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Wanting him to be a loser.
(b) Wanting him to be someone else.
(c) Being the last one to see Williams before the murder.
(d) Being part of the corruption.

2. 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 has caught a murderer.
(b) That Hildy isn't getting married.
(c) That Hildy shot the psychiatrist.
(d) That Hildy helped Williams escape from his examination.

3. The purpose of Act 2, Part 3 is to illustrate what major difference in the characters of Hildy, the mayor, and the sheriff?
(a) The integrity that the mayor has, and the lack of integrity of Hildy and the sheriff.
(b) The integrity that the mayor and the sheriff have, and the lack of integrity of Hildy.
(c) The integrity that Hildy has, and the lack of integrity of the mayor and the sheriff.
(d) The integrity that Hildy and the mayor have, and the lack of integrity of the sheriff.

4. Who does Hildy try to pass the gun to as the other reporters grab him in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) Burns.
(c) Murphy.
(d) Mollie.

5. Acting on Burns' orders, who takes Mrs. Grant out in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) McCue.
(c) Louie.
(d) The courier.

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

7. How many wives treated Burns badly, as he reveals in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

8. After his phone conversation, what does the Sheriff do in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) He arrests Mollie and Hildy.
(b) He arrests Hildy and Burns.
(c) He arrests Mollie, Hildy, and Burns.
(d) He arrests Bensinger.

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

10. What does Burns explain the story is really about to Hildy in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Political corruption.
(b) The sheriff's incompetence.
(c) Murder.
(d) Socialism.

11. What does Mollie grab to defend herself with towards the end of Act 2, Part 4?
(a) The gun.
(b) A knife.
(c) A chair.
(d) An umbrella.

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

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

14. What does Burns keep asking Hildy at the beginning of Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Where Williams is.
(b) Where the other reporters are.
(c) Where Mollie is.
(d) Where the sheriff is.

15. How does Burns tell Hildy he is behaving when he protests Mrs. Grant being taken away?
(a) Stupidly.
(b) Selfishly.
(c) Childishly.
(d) Wisely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Burns convince Hildy to take at the end of Act 3, Part 3?

2. How much money does Louie agree to give Hildy for an IOU?

3. According the mayor in Act 2, Part 3, what isn't real?

4. What draws Hildy back into the world of journalism in Act 2, Part 5?

5. What does the mayor order after hearing the messenger tell the truth in Act 3, Part 3?

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