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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. Who does Hal encounter when he comes back to the house?
(a) Mitch.
(b) Robert.
(c) Claire.
(d) Catherine.

2. What does Claire concede to Hal at the end of their conversation?
(a) She agrees to let him visit Catherine in Chicago.
(b) She agrees to let him call Catherine in Chicago.
(c) She agrees to let him call Catherine in New York.
(d) She agress to let him visit Catherine in New York.

3. What does Catherine ask Robert to do, after he shows her his latest ideas in the notebook?
(a) She asks him to get the work published right away.
(b) She asks him leave and never come back.
(c) She asks him to go back inside the house.
(d) She asks him to burn the notebook.

4. What does Catherine say to Hal that causes him to leave abruptly, and without the notebook?
(a) She says that she does not approve of his relationship with Claire.
(b) She says that he killed Robert and she can prove it.
(c) She says that he barely finished his Ph.D., does research that does not matter, and played in an awful band.
(d) She says that she loves him and always has, and wants to marry him as soon as possible.

5. What object does Claire give to Hal before he leaves?
(a) A sheet of paper.
(b) A plane ticket.
(c) The notebook.
(d) A coffee cup.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Hal go with them to dinner?

2. What does Hal have to give to Robert?

3. Whose handwriting does Claire think the proof is written in?

4. Why does Claire trust Hal with the object?

5. How much of Robert's ability does Claire think Catherine has inherited?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Catherine get Hal to leave?

2. Does Claire believe that Catherine wrote the proof? Why or why not?

3. How does Catherine meet Hal?

4. Describe Robert's demeanor throughout the scene.

5. What decision has Catherine made about school?

6. Why is the date in the scene particularly significant?

7. When did Catherine write the proof?

8. Does Hal believe that Catherine wrote the proof? Why or why not?

9. Why is Robert so excited about working?

10. Where has Catherine come from to check on Robert?

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