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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 131 through 155.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the panel members react to Hellman's answers?
(a) They were impressed.
(b) They tried to disprove her answers.
(c) They were annoyed.
(d) They tried to twist her words.

2. What happened to Hellman's money from the revival of "The Children's Attic"?
(a) She didn't make any money.
(b) She went shopping with it.
(c) The IRS took it.
(d) Hammett stole it.

3. Hellman wanted to testify about herself, but not ______.
(a) The weather.
(b) Her childhood.
(c) Others.
(d) Her writing.

4. What did Hammett not have in his last year of life?
(a) Warm clothes.
(b) Money worries.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Enough food.

5. What would Hellman do at her hearing?
(a) Insult the Committee.
(b) Plead the Fifth.
(c) Lie.
(d) Answer questions about herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hammett filled his and Hellman's new house with books and ________.

2. When did America first see Russia as a threat?

3. When was Hellman's testimony scheduled?

4. The second day Hellman shops in D.C., what does Hellman buy?

5. After returning to America, where did Hellman have to work to earn money?

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