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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 pace does the play set during Act 1, Part 1, particularly where the dialogue is concerned?
(a) A fast pace with average conversation.
(b) A fast pace with many conversations going on.
(c) A slow pace with very little conversation.
(d) A slow pace with many conversations going on.

2. What rule do Schwartz and Murphy say that Mrs. Schlosser has broken at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?
(a) A police escort is required to enter the pressroom.
(b) Women are barred from the pressroom.
(c) All questions should be directed to their boss.
(d) Only people with press tags are allowed in the pressroom.

3. What upsets Kruger when he hears about Hildy quitting in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) That he never met Hildy.
(b) That he never got the chance to work with Hildy.
(c) That Hildy didn't say goodbye.
(d) That he is Hildy's best friend.

4. Who is the mayor looking for in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) Diamond Louie.
(c) McCue.
(d) Hildy.

5. What do the reporters tease Diamond Louie about in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Working at a fruit stand.
(b) Not living up to his name.
(c) His weight.
(d) His inexpensive suit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Peggy ask for the money from Hildy in Act 2, Part 2?

2. What does Hildy do when Burns calls in Act 1, Part 4?

3. Louie states in Act 1, Part 2 that Hildy left for what reason?

4. Why does the conversation between the woman and McCue end in Act 1, Part 1?

5. What is Kruger, the reporter, doing at the beginning of Act 1, Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one example from Act 1, Part 2 of the way the authors are portraying reporters as selfish people with only one agenda?

2. What joke does Hildy have at McCue's expense when the two cross paths in Act 2, Part 1?

3. How does Burns deal with Bensinger in Act 3, Part 1, and what parallel can be drawn between that and another character in the book?

4. How does Peggy react to Hildy's news in the beginning of Act 2, Part 2, and why?

5. What is the main point or reason for the argument between Peggy and Hildy at the end of Act 2, Part 5?

6. What does Williams tell Mollie about the escape and where he has been the whole time in Act 2, Part 4?

7. When does Mollie say she saw Williams and how does she explain her relationship with him to the reporters in Act 1, Part 4?

8. What are the mayor's orders to the sheriff about Williams at the end of Act 2, Part 3, and what influences them?

9. What request by the reporters is denied by the Sheriff in Act 1, Part 2, and how does the request itself depict their priorities?

10. How does Mollie react to the reporters and what does Murphy do to cause her to leave in Act 1, Part 4?

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