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Sorry, Wrong Number Quiz

Authored by Jordan Franklin

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 6+ times

Sorry, Wrong Number Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

How does Mrs. Stevenson react after hearing her husband’s telegram?

She bursts into tears.

She screams at Western Union.

She calls the police.

She remains calm.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

When will the alleged murder take place?

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the climax of the play?

The murderer says, “Sorry, Wrong Number” and hangs up.

Mrs. Stevenson hears an intruder and knows that she is the intended murder victim. She makes her final call as the murderer kills her.

Mrs. Stevenson accidentally overhears a murder plot.

Sergeant Duffy answers Mrs. Stevenson’s final call.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which line first suggests that Mrs. Stevenson might be the intended victim?

“That’s near a bridge. . . And we have a private patrolman on our street.”

“Second Avenue is a very long street, ma’am."

“Well, it’s unnerved me dreadfully—and I’m not well.”

“It was a perfectly definite murder. I heard their plans distinctly.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What does Mrs. Stevenson lament that there is too much of while trying to report a crime?

Operators

Cold-blooded fiends

Red Tape

Questions

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following people help Mrs. Stevenson and take her seriously?

None of the above

Information Operator

Operator

The Police

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What message does the Western Union deliver?

Mrs. Stevenson's husband died.

Mrs. Stevenson's husband was going to New York and won't be home.

The murder will take place at 11:15.

Mrs. Stevenson's husband was going to Boston and won't be home

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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