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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Willie tell Jack that he is going to build?
(a) A new civic center
(b) A monument in his likeness
(c) A free hospital and health center
(d) A new state courthouse

2. Who steps in and offers blackmail as a tool to help White?
(a) Tiny Duffy
(b) Former Governor Stanton
(c) Judge Irwin
(d) Governor Stark

3. Cass and his brother, Gilbert, and sister, Lavinia, were born in poverty in what state?
(a) Alabama
(b) Georgia
(c) Tennessee
(d) Mississippi

4. Why is the decision made to back Willie?
(a) To split the Stanton vote
(b) To split the Irwin vote
(c) To split the MacMurfee vote
(d) To split the Harrison vote

5. How do Adam, Anne and Jack spend the evening?
(a) Adam plays the piano and they dance.
(b) They go to a new restaurant.
(c) They go to see a play.
(d) They read in the library.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what year does the story flash back?

2. What literary technique does the author use to take the story back in time again?

3. Who were Jack's childhood friends?

4. What two major political factions run the state?

5. Why does Jack fear for Anne in her involvement with the governor?

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