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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Willie runs for the governorship in 1930?
(a) Willie is defeated by the Harrison faction.
(b) Willie is defeated by the MacMurfee faction.
(c) Willie wins.
(d) Willie wins but does not accept the office.

2. Where is Wille Stark's home town?
(a) Biloxi
(b) Memphis
(c) Mason City
(d) Baton Rouge

3. What does Jack discover about the wealth of Judge Irwin's second wife?
(a) She is very frugal and dies with most of her money untouched.
(b) She had cut the judge out of her will.
(c) She invests well and becomes an even wealthier woman.
(d) She had been left a lot of money but spent it by the time she married the judge.

4. To what college does Gilbert send Cass?
(a) Princeton University in New Jersey
(b) Yale University in Connecticut
(c) Transylvania University in Kentucky
(d) Harvard University in Massachusetts

5. What does Willie tell Jack to do?
(a) Make sure Willie is front page news tomorrow
(b) Find his own way back to town
(c) Find something to blackmail Judge Irwin
(d) Find a way to influence the judge

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annabelle do when she sees Cass after her husband's death?

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

3. What is the quality of Willie's speeches?

4. What is the subject of Jack's historical research project in Chapter 5?

5. How far is Burden's Landing from Mason City?

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