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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hellman find out who was following her?
(a) She kept an eye out.
(b) She hired an investigator.
(c) She bribed the hotel workers.
(d) She set a trap.

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

3. The second day Hellman shops in D.C., what does Hellman buy?
(a) An expensive dress.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A gun.
(d) New shoes.

4. What did Hellman have to do for money after her hearing?
(a) Work three jobs.
(b) Work for McCarthy.
(c) Sell her work.
(d) Sell her farm.

5. How did Hellman find out she'd been subpoenaed a second time?
(a) She knew instinctively.
(b) Hammett called her.
(c) She was arrested in Rome.
(d) In the paper.

6. Why wasn't Hellman paid for her work in Italy?
(a) She left early.
(b) The filmmaker was bankrupt.
(c) She did a bad job.
(d) She didn't have a work visa.

7. Why was Hellman in Russia?
(a) As a cultural representative.
(b) To hide from the Americans.
(c) To write.
(d) To meet with Communists.

8. Hellman realized the man who was following her was who?
(a) An acquaintance.
(b) A child.
(c) Her friend.
(d) Nixon.

9. What did Harry do before his hearing?
(a) Cried.
(b) Got drunk.
(c) Went on vacation.
(d) Memorized his answers.

10. What happened to Hellman's reputation after her hearing?
(a) People forget about her.
(b) She is labeled as untalented.
(c) She becomes more popular.
(d) It gets permanently tainted.

11. What did Hellman testify about Bradeley?
(a) He was being honest.
(b) She didn't know him.
(c) He was a spy.
(d) He was a Communist.

12. The wife of Hellman's D.C. cab driver was going to have an operation for ______ cancer.
(a) Throat.
(b) Skin.
(c) Brain.
(d) Lung.

13. Hellman found out a "______ American man" had followed her.
(a) Clean cut.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Clumsy.
(d) Blond.

14. Who paged Hellman on her way to London?
(a) The filmmaker.
(b) A Contessa.
(c) McCarthy.
(d) Hammett.

15. How much did Hellman give her cab driver?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $50.
(c) $10.
(d) $100.

Short Answer Questions

1. With little money, what problem did Hammett and Hellman face?

2. What does the last chapter of the book state McCarthy or his men never did?

3. When was Hellman's testimony scheduled?

4. If Hellman answered questions honestly about herself, what could she not do?

5. What did Blitzstein want Hellman to do at the "Regina" premier?

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