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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Willie Stark's wife?
(a) Lucille
(b) Lucy
(c) Anne
(d) Marie

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

3. What is the situation regarding a brick kiln and the bricks Moore would use on the awarded job?
(a) The brick kiln cannot produce the correct color of bricks for the school.
(b) The brick kiln cannot produce the amount of bricks needed to meet the deadline.
(c) There had been a lawsuit about the inferior quality of the bricks.
(d) The kiln is located in another state and there are tax issues.

4. What two major political factions run the state?
(a) The Stark faction and the Burden faction
(b) The Irwin faction and the Stanton faction
(c) The Burke faction and the Stark faction
(d) The Harrison faction and the MacMurfee faction

5. In a flashback, what does the author reveal about Jack's father?
(a) Jack's father left his family with no explanation.
(b) Jack's father never got his law degree.
(c) Jack's father was a homosexual.
(d) Jack's father had multiple affairs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Willie and Jack do with Willie's father?

3. How many husbands has Mrs. Burden had?

4. What does the answer to #45 reveal to Willie?

5. What does Jack Burden carry with him?

(see the answer key)

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