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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was like a second father to Jack after Jack's father left?
(a) Mr. Stark
(b) Judge Irwin
(c) Mr. Burke
(d) Governor Stanton

2. What two major political factions run the state?
(a) The Irwin faction and the Stanton faction
(b) The Stark faction and the Burden faction
(c) The Burke faction and the Stark faction
(d) The Harrison faction and the MacMurfee faction

3. How far is Burden's Landing from Mason City?
(a) 30 miles
(b) 130 miles
(c) 33 miles
(d) 100 miles

4. Of what has White been accused?
(a) Making a deal with the Tax Lands Bureau for a kickback
(b) Having an affair with a congressman's wife
(c) Propositioning one of the pages at the state house
(d) Cheating on his taxes

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the story begin?

2. What does Willie tell Jack to do?

3. What is the situation regarding a brick kiln and the bricks Moore would use on the awarded job?

4. What was Willie Stark's job when Jack Burden first meets him?

5. What does the answer to #45 reveal to Willie?

(see the answer key)

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