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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gilbert sends Lavinia to an expensive school in Atlanta and _____________________________.
(a) Gets Cass a job in a bank
(b) Sends Cass to West Point Academy
(c) Sends for her at the holidays
(d) Takes Cass with him

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

3. What is Willie's wife's profession?
(a) Nurse
(b) School teacher
(c) Secretary
(d) Court reporter

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

5. What leads Jack to believe that Judge Irwin got a huge influx of cash at some point?
(a) The judge buys priceless art.
(b) The judge pays off his $44,000 mortgage in 1914.
(c) The judge builds a brand new home.
(d) The judge refurnishes his home in antiques.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mortimer L. Littlepaugh?

2. Willie Stark is known as ______________.

3. Who takes over as Jack's father after Jack's father leaves?

4. What kinds of stories are surfacing at the newspaper office, The Chronicle?

5. How did Cass die?

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