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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Willie do after he loses the election?
(a) He becomes a school teacher.
(b) He gets a job at the state finance department.
(c) He takes a much-deserved extended vacation.
(d) He works his farm and studies law.

2. Where do Willie and Jack go after leaving Judge Irwin?
(a) To Biloxi
(b) To Memphis
(c) To Baton Rouge
(d) To Willie's farm in Mason City

3. What was Willie Stark's job when Jack Burden first meets him?
(a) County Treasurer
(b) County Prosecutor
(c) Court Reporter
(d) Assistant District Attorney

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

5. What literary technique does the author use to take the story back in time again?
(a) Plot timeline
(b) Reverse plot
(c) Flashback
(d) Plot in reverse

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do people come to hear Willie speak?

2. Why will Tiny Duffy not help Willie improve his dreadful campaign speeches?

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

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

5. How did Tiny Duffy get his name?

(see the answer key)

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