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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do people come to hear Willie speak?
(a) Because they're interested in anyone who opposes Pillsbury's friend.
(b) Because they want to hear everything they can about all the candidates.
(c) Because Willie gives prizes to anyone bringing children to the speeches.
(d) Because Willie offers free refreshments at his speeches.

2. What does Willie want for his son, Tom?
(a) He wants him to become a professional baseball player.
(b) He wants him to go to Harvard or Yale and become a lawyer.
(c) He wants him to be a part of all the excitement of Willie's administration.
(d) He wants him to marry a nice girl and settle down in Mason City.

3. What does Willie want of Judge Irwin?
(a) He wants the judge to campaign for him in the next election.
(b) He wants the judge to endorse him in the next election.
(c) He wants the judge to contribute to his campaign funds.
(d) He wants the judge to support a man Willie has chosen for a senate nomination.

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

5. How does Willie enter politics again?
(a) Willie is appointed to his old position of county treasurer.
(b) Willie runs for mayor during the next election.
(c) He stumps for a congressional candidate who is running against the candidate who is a friend of Dolph Pillsbury's.
(d) Willie is elected to the school board.

Short Answer Questions

1. Willie Stark is known as ______________.

2. What happens to indicate that Lucy is not engaged in Willie's life?

3. How does Jack confirm Willie's affair?

4. What does Jack think he can find to blackmail Judge Irwin?

5. What happens during a fire drill at the school two years after it is constructed?

(see the answer key)

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