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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who becomes Willie's campaign manager?
(a) Sugar Boy
(b) Tiny Duffy
(c) Jack Burden
(d) Judge Irwin

2. How did Tiny Duffy get his name?
(a) He has a small intellect.
(b) He is a short, slim man.
(c) He has a tiny head.
(d) He is a large, overweight man.

3. Who is the narrator of the story?
(a) Adam Stanton
(b) Anne Stanton
(c) Jack Burden
(d) Willie Stark

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

5. To what year does the story flash back?
(a) 1915
(b) 1940
(c) 1922
(d) 1896

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Willie want of Judge Irwin?

4. Why do people come to hear Willie speak?

5. Who were Jack's childhood friends?

(see the answer key)

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