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What is the main conflict in the play?

• Mrs. Stevenson is trying to call her husband, but he isn't answering.

• Mrs. Stevenson's husband went away on a business trip to Boston.

• Mrs. Stevenson hears about a murder, but no one will help her.

• The hospital will not allow Mrs. Stevenson to hire a nurse.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

What does the scene with Sergeant Duffy and the lunch room attendant do in the play?

• Increases the suspense of the story

• Develops the character of Duffy

• Advances the plot further

• Adds humor to the story

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Why is the setting important to the plot of the play?

• It reveals that Mrs. Stevenson will be the victim of the crime.

• It shows that they are in New York.

• It reveals that Mrs. Stevenson is ill.

• It helps the reader understand where the operators are at.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

How does the author build suspense in the story?

• Mrs. Stevenson keeps failing to get help from others and continues to panic

• Mrs. Stevenson is alone at home.

• Sergeant Duffy is eating pie instead of working.

• The clock says 11:14 pm

• Mrs Stevenson hears the click of the phone.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What evidence DEFINITELY shows that Mr. Stevenson is the client

• He wanted to cause very little pain

• He knew no one else would be at the house

• He wanted it to look like a robbery

• He was out of town when it happened.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

What shows that this is a drama?

• It has dialogue

• It has a developed setting

• It has major and minor characters

• It has stage directions

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Why didn't anyone help Mrs. Stevenson in the story?

• She was a frequent liar, and no one could trust her.

• Women were not trusted back in 1943

• They knew she was the victim and didn't want to save her.

• She was rude to the people on the phone.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How does Mrs. Stevenson respond when she finds out her husband will not be home?

• She is relieved

• She calls the police

• She bursts into tears

• She begins to yell at the man who gave her the news.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

What details do we know about the setting?

• She lives on 2nd Street

• She has a private patrolman on her street

• She lives above the subway

• She lives by the Queensboro bridge

• She lives in Staton Island in New York

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How does Mrs. Stevenson feel after talking to the operators?

• It soothes her panicked feelings

• It resolves the main conflict of the story

• It creates added frustration

• It forces her to leave the house

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3