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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Judge Irwin's first wife?
(a) She died in childbirth.
(b) She committed suicide.
(c) She divorced Judge Irwin.
(d) She was an invalid and died.

2. Why does Willie lose when he runs for reelection?
(a) He runs against the mayor's very popular son.
(b) He does not have a good record on administering city tax dollars.
(c) He does not have enough money to print campaign posters.
(d) The city commissioners start a rumor that the contractor Willie wanted, Jeffers, hired Negro workers.

3. What surprising twist occurs at Willie's next speech?
(a) Willie tells the crowd about how he has been duped and he is resigning in order to support MacMurfee.
(b) Willie resigns before he is blackmailed.
(c) Willie resigns because his wife cannot withstand the rigors of the campaign.
(d) Willie resigns because he gets some bad medical news.

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

5. What happens during a fire drill at the school two years after it is constructed?
(a) The fire drill is actually a real fire and most of the children are overcome with smoke.
(b) Someone pulls the fire alarm as a prank and is suspended for three weeks.
(c) The brickwork collapses causing the deaths of three children and serious injury to a dozen more.
(d) The students and teachers are locked in the building.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Willie runs for the governorship in 1930?

2. Why does Annabelle sell Phebe, her waiting maid?

3. Who befriends Willie to keep an eye on his campaign for the Harrison faction?

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

5. What does Cass do with his own slaves?

(see the answer key)

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