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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Gummy Larson send to see Adam in Chapter 8?
(a) Harold Coffee
(b) Herbert Coffee
(c) Howard Coffee
(d) Hubert Coffee

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

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

4. What does Willie consider the new hospital to be?
(a) A money pit
(b) A nuisance
(c) A monument to himself
(d) A necessity for the state

5. How does Judge Irwin react when a dinner guest berates Governor Stark's programs?
(a) He defends them as necessary in a changing world.
(b) He lets the arguments escalate.
(c) He agrees with his guest.
(d) He changes the subject.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Willie's wife's profession?

2. Who becomes Willie's campaign manager?

3. Why do people come to hear Willie speak?

4. Gilbert sends Lavinia to an expensive school in Atlanta and _____________________________.

5. How do Adam, Anne and Jack spend the evening?

(see the answer key)

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