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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Duffy reach for as he tells Mrs. Stevenson not to worry?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Dessert.
(c) Sandwich.
(d) Paper sack.

2. What does Mrs. Stevenson call Duffy after she hangs up?
(a) Ignoramus.
(b) Incompetent.
(c) Nincompoop.
(d) Idiot.

3. After Duffy say the police will take care of the matter, what does Mrs. Stevenson ask will be done?
(a) Broadcast the information all over the city.
(b) Call her private patrolman.
(c) Post someone in her heighborhood.
(d) Issue a radio announcement.

4. What does Mrs. Stevenson do as she thinks about being alone that evening?
(a) Wrings her hands.
(b) Twists her bed jacket in her fingers.
(c) Pulls on her wedding band.
(d) Runs her hands through her hair.

5. What does Mrs. Stevenson want Duffy to send to her neighborhood right away?
(a) A SWAT team.
(b) A patrol car.
(c) A radio car.
(d) A motorcycle policeman.

6. How does Mrs. Stevenson respond at the beginning of Act I, Part 4, when the operator tells her her husband's number is busy?
(a) Frustrated.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Anxiously.
(d) Nastily.

7. What are Mrs. Stevenson's movements like after hearing that her husband will not be home that evening?
(a) Hesitant.
(b) Mechanical.
(c) Jerky.
(d) Frenzied.

8. What is the Third Operator like?
(a) Old and crusty.
(b) Young and sweet.
(c) No nonsense.
(d) Firm.

9. Where does Duffy say there might be another house on a Second Avenue near a bridge?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Queens.
(d) Staten Island.

10. How does Mrs. Stevenson's husband address her in the telegram he sends?
(a) Precious.
(b) Honey.
(c) Sweetheart.
(d) Darling.

11. What is the prefix for Mrs. Stevenson's phone number?
(a) Hillside.
(b) Murray Hill.
(c) Plaza.
(d) Bridgestone.

12. What is Duffy's attitude as he listens to Mrs. Stevenson explain what she wants?
(a) Exasperated.
(b) Frustrated.
(c) Bored.
(d) Not too impressed.

13. In the telegram, when does Mrs. Stevenson's husband say that he will be back?
(a) Next week.
(b) Tomorrow morning.
(c) Two days.
(d) Tomorrow afternoon.

14. How does Mrs. Stevenson describe her maid's weight?
(a) 185.
(b) 275.
(c) 300 pounder.
(d) 200 pounder.

15. How many murders does Duffy say are committed in the city every day?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) 85.
(c) A lot.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tone does Duffy use when he tells Mrs. Stevenson that the police will take care of the matter?

2. What does Mrs. Stevenson decide she is when she decides to make a second call after she heard the telegram read?

3. After listening to the telegram and trying to have the operator reach her husband's office, what does Mrs. Stevenson do?

4. What does Mrs. Stevenson say that her husband thinks about her?

5. What does Mrs. Stevenson do when Duffy says he has other matters to attend to?

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