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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 because his wife cannot withstand the rigors of the campaign.
(c) Willie resigns because he gets some bad medical news.
(d) Willie resigns before he is blackmailed.

2. What does Jack Burden carry with him?
(a) A pencil and paper
(b) A whiskey flask
(c) A tape recorder
(d) A press pass

3. How does Jack confirm Willie's affair?
(a) Because the woman storms into his office demanding to know about rumors of Willie seeing other women.
(b) Because he has seen the woman coming out of Willie's hotel room one morning.
(c) Because Willie sends Jack to buy the woman a piece of jewelry.
(d) Because he confronts Willie directly.

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

5. Who befriends Willie to keep an eye on his campaign for the Harrison faction?
(a) Sadie Burke
(b) Mrs. Pillsbury
(c) Anne Stanton
(d) Lucille MacMurfee

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Annabelle's husband, Duncan Trice?

2. Why do people come to hear Willie speak?

3. What does Willie want for his son, Tom?

4. To what year does the story flash back?

5. Who does not approve of Jack working for Willie?

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