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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. Hildy is short for what name?
(a) Hildeman.
(b) Hildebrook.
(c) Hildenborough.
(d) Hildebrand.

2. What does Peggy remind Hildy of in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) The times he has not listened to her.
(b) The times he has lied about money.
(c) The times he has lost money.
(d) The times he has let her down.

3. What does Louie think about Hildy quitting in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) It is not worth talking about.
(b) It is a permanent thing.
(c) It is unfair to the paper.
(d) It is not a permanent thing.

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

5. Why does Peggy ask for the money from Hildy in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) She knows he doesn't have it.
(b) She needs to pay the cab fare.
(c) She doesn't believe Hildy's story.
(d) So she can take care of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the reporters act when Jennie enters in Act 1, Part 3?

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

3. How much does Hildy tell Burns it cost him to get the full story of Williams' escape?

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

5. What is the loud noise heard outside of the press room in Act 1, Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What two different meanings can be interpreted from the way the other reporters react to Hildy's leaving in Act 1, Part 3?

3. How does Williams meet Hildy in Act 2, Part 4, and what does he explain to him about the police?

4. What important fact do we learn by Murphy about the Mayor and the Sheriff in Act 1, Part 2?

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

6. What are the possible motives of Mollie's desperate act at the end of Act 2, Part 4, and what might they cause Hildy to think about at this point in the play?

7. What interesting set of circumstances reveal the gun as the weapon used in the escape in Act 3, Part 2?

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

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

10. 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?

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