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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. Where is the place located that the private patrolman goes when he leaves the neighborhood in Act I, Part 1?
(a) Fifth Avenue.
(b) First Avenue.
(c) Second Avenue.
(d) Fourth Avenue.

2. What is George to be sure of before he goes to the place the 1st Man is sending him in Act I, Part 1?
(a) The outside lights are off.
(b) No lights are on.
(c) All downstairs lights are out.
(d) Only the porch light is on.

3. Where does Mrs. Stevenson tell the operator in Act I, Part 1, that a woman is going to be murdered?
(a) In an apartment.
(b) In a car.
(c) In a house near a bridge.
(d) In a house near a river.

4. When the first operator answers, what part of the stage is lit?
(a) Right.
(b) Rear.
(c) Left.
(d) Front.

5. Since what Sergeant Duffy ordered for lunch in Act I, Part 2, was not available, what does he wish had been brought to him to eat?
(a) Turnovers.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Blueberry pie.
(d) Apple pie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the Chief Operator?

2. How many times does the phone ring before someone at the Police Department picks it up in Act 1, Part 2?

3. What is the heavy-set man wearing as he speaks on the phone in Act I, Part 1?

4. What precinct does Sergeant Duffy work for?

5. What is the person carrying who is with Sergeant Duffy when he takes the call from Mrs. Stevenson in Act I, Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stevenson's bedroom look like?

2. How does Mrs. Stevenson react when the operator says she will dial Murray Hill 4-0098?

3. How is George described?

4. Under what conditions might the Chief Operator be able to trace a call?

5. How does Mrs. Stevenson respond when George and the 1st Man begin talking in Act I, Part 1?

6. What instructions is George given for the actual murder?

7. Why is the Chief Operator not able to trace the call for Mrs. Stevenson?

8. What reason does Mrs. Stevenson give the Chief Operator for wanting the call traced.

9. What does Mrs. Stevenson tell the operator when she reaches her in Act I, Part 1?

10. Why is George to wait until 11:15 to kill the woman?

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