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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: New Orleans.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What decision does Lee make in this chapter about buying from Ferrie?
(a) He declines to buy.
(b) He buys a book instead.
(c) He says he'll come back later.
(d) He buys the item.

2. Why is Lee mocked at his school in the Bronx?
(a) His bookish disposition.
(b) His divorced parents.
(c) His diminutive size.
(d) His Texas accent.

3. What does Win suggest will turn Kennedy's attention to Castro again?
(a) A failed assassination attempt.
(b) A rightwing resurgence in the US.
(c) A series of ambiguous cables from Cuba.
(d) Another missile crisis.

4. At the end 17 April, Parmenter hears reports about an assassination attempt on who?
(a) Fidel Castro.
(b) Adlai Stevenson.
(c) Kruschev.
(d) Edwin Walker.

5. Which Cold War icon does Lee loudly discuss at the Sproul house?
(a) Roy Cohn.
(b) Julius Rosenberg.
(c) Whitaker Chambers.
(d) Alger Hiss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lee visit the Sproul house in New Orleans?

2. What topic is Lee's preferred reading?

3. What does Marguerite blame Lee for in the Bronx?

4. In New Orleans, what do Lee and Robert try to buy from Ferrie?

5. How do Lee and Robert know Dave Ferrie?

(see the answer key)

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