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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Anne call and want to see Jack?
(a) To convince Willie to give Anne the hospital job
(b) To ask if she and Jack can get back together
(c) To convince Adam to take the position at the hospital.
(d) To borrow some money

2. Who recommended the school for Cass?
(a) Ulysses S. Grant
(b) Jefferson Davis
(c) Robert E. Lee
(d) Abraham Lincoln

3. How is Dolph Pillsbury connected to the troubles with the brick kiln?
(a) Pillsbury is a major investor in the kiln business.
(b) Pillsbury used to make bricks for the kiln company.
(c) Pillsbury's brother-in-law owns the kiln and Pillsbury is suspected of getting kickbacks on the school job.
(d) Pillsbury used to do the accounting for the kiln company.

4. Who were Jack's childhood friends?
(a) Willie and Teddy Stark
(b) Tiny Duffy and Sugar Boy
(c) Adam and Anne Stanton
(d) Sadie and Marie Burke

5. Who takes over as Jack's father after Jack's father leaves?
(a) Judge Irwin
(b) Mr. Stark
(c) Grandfather Burden
(d) Governor Stanton

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Willie enter politics again?

2. How does Judge Irwin react when a dinner guest berates Governor Stark's programs?

3. Why does Jack attend the state university instead of abiding by his mother's wishes and going to Harvard or Princeton?

4. Why is Willie's wife, Lucy, leaving Willie?

5. What does Anne do when her father becomes an invalid?

(see the answer key)

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