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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens during the next election for governor?
(a) Willie is elected.
(b) Willie declines to run.
(c) Willie runs but does not accept the position.
(d) Will is soundly defeated.

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

3. What literary technique does the author use to take the story back in time again?
(a) Plot in reverse
(b) Reverse plot
(c) Plot timeline
(d) Flashback

4. What does Jack think he can find to blackmail Judge Irwin?
(a) He does not think he can find anything.
(b) He knows the dirt about the Judge's divorce.
(c) He knows that the Judge has money in Cayman banks.
(d) He knows that the Judge has an illegitimate child.

5. What does Willie order when everyone else orders beer?
(a) Sweet tea
(b) Coffee
(c) Orange pop
(d) Coca-Cola

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens during a fire drill at the school two years after it is constructed?

2. In what year does Willie first run for governor?

3. Who is the narrator of the story?

4. What happens when Jack visits his father in his small apartment now?

5. What do Jack and Judge Irwin make while Jack is growing up?

(see the answer key)

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