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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 order when everyone else orders beer?
(a) Coffee
(b) Orange pop
(c) Coca-Cola
(d) Sweet tea

2. During this time, Willie and Lucy have a son named __________.
(a) Tom
(b) Tad
(c) Tim
(d) Ted

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

4. What do Willie and Jack do with Willie's father?
(a) They go hunting.
(b) They play cards.
(c) They listen to the radio.
(d) They eat dinner.

5. What kinds of stories are surfacing at the newspaper office, The Chronicle?
(a) Stories about prohibition
(b) Stories about environmental issues
(c) Stories about corruption in county courthouses
(d) Stories about segregation

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the city commissioners want to get the contract?

2. Who befriends Willie to keep an eye on his campaign for the Harrison faction?

3. To what year does the story flash back?

4. What does Willie tell Jack to do?

5. Who is the narrator of the story?

(see the answer key)

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