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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city is Hildy's train going to, according to the tickets he shows the other reporters?
(a) New York.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) St. Louis.

2. How does the sheriff suggest to the reporters they can get more tickets to the hanging?
(a) By writing about how Williams is not guilty.
(b) By publicizing what a dangerous menace Williams is.
(c) By publicizing what a tragedy the execution is.
(d) By advertising the hanging so more people will attend.

3. What does the appearance of Peggy and her mother hint of for Hildy?
(a) The other reporters were right.
(b) The deception he is carrying.
(c) The possible negative aspects of married life.
(d) The possible positive aspects of married life.

4. What are the reporters talking about attending in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) A court trial.
(b) A hanging.
(c) A business dinner.
(d) A press conference.

5. In Act 1, Part 1, what does Schwartz tell McCue is the reason that Hildy quit?
(a) He left town.
(b) He accepted a better job.
(c) He was unhappy with his job.
(d) He is getting married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Grant tell Peggy and Hildy when she first arrives in Act 2, Part 2?

2. What do the reporters rudely suggest that Mollie is in Act 1, Part 4?

3. According to Hildy in Act 2, Part 1, what did the psychiatrist do during Williams's examination?

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

5. In Act 2, Part 1, what is obvious when comparing Hildy to the other reporters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What key role does the messenger play in Act 3, Part 3, and how do Hildy and Burns capitalize on it?

2. Why is Bensinger so protective of his desk and phone in Act 1, Part 1?

3. What do the senator's quotes at the end of Act 2, Part 2 say about his feelings towards the mayor, and how does the mayor respond?

4. What is interesting about the way both the mayor and the sheriff respond to what the messenger does in Act 3, Part 3?

5. What are the true motives of the mayor and the sheriff, as announced in the beginning of Act 2, Part 3?

6. How does Burns unintentionally reveal where Williams is hiding in Act 3, Part 2?

7. What do the other reporters illustrate when they urge the sheriff to interrogate Hildy in the beginning of Act 3, Part 2, and how does it contrast with what Hildy is doing?

8. According to Hildy in Act 2, Part 1, how did Williams get the gun in order to escape from jail?

9. What is the reason that Burns is upset with Hildy's story at the beginning of Act 3, Part 1, and what does that illustrate about his character?

10. What does the way Williams escapes from jail reveal about the sheriff, and what is the sheriff's response to it in Act 2, Part 2 tell us about his character?

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