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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 does the telegram state that Mrs. Stevenson's husband is going?
(a) Boston.
(b) Hartford.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Providence.

2. What time does Mr. Stevenson say in the telegram that he is leaving?
(a) 11 p.m.
(b) 10 p.m.
(c) 9 p.m.
(d) 10:30 p.m.

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

4. What number does Mrs. Stevenson want the operator to get for her at the end of Act I, Part 4?
(a) Her maid's number.
(b) Her doctor.
(c) Henchley Hospital.
(d) Train station.

5. What does Mrs. Stevenson say after hearing the telegram her husband sent?
(a) No, no, no.
(b) What will I do.
(c) Oh no.
(d) I am so scared.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stevenson say mechanically to the phone after the man who calls her in Act I, Part 4, hangs up?

2. What is Mrs. Stevenson's maid too lazy to do?

3. How does Mrs. Stevenson's husband address her in the telegram he sends?

4. What does Mrs. Stevenson call Duffy after she hangs up?

5. What is Duffy's attitude as he listens to Mrs. Stevenson explain what she wants?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Duffy suggest that Mrs. Stevenson view the matter?

2. What does Duffy tell Mrs. Stevenson when she says that the murder could take place in her neighborhood?

3. What does the delivery boy tell Duffy he brought him, and why is Duffy frustrated with what the delivery boy brought?

4. What does Mrs. Stevenson say when the phone rings again after she has been speaking with the Third Operator?

5. Why does the operator tell Mrs. Stevenson that she cannot put through the missed calls Mrs. Stevenson received?

6. What does Mrs. Stevenson say to the Chief Operator right before she hangs up in Act I, Part 3?

7. What does Mrs. Stevenson say and do after the operator tells her that she cannot put through the calls that Mrs. Stevenson missed?

8. What does Duffy say about murders in the city?

9. What does Mrs. Stevenson do after ending her call with Duffy?

10. Who is the telegram from that Mrs. Stevenson receives, and what does it say?

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