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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the quality of Willie's speeches?
(a) They are not good.
(b) They are innovative.
(c) They are conventional.
(d) They are rousing.

2. What is Willie's wife's profession?
(a) Secretary
(b) Nurse
(c) School teacher
(d) Court reporter

3. What happens during a fire drill at the school two years after it is constructed?
(a) The students and teachers are locked in the building.
(b) Someone pulls the fire alarm as a prank and is suspended for three weeks.
(c) The fire drill is actually a real fire and most of the children are overcome with smoke.
(d) The brickwork collapses causing the deaths of three children and serious injury to a dozen more.

4. Who do the city commissioners want to get the contract?
(a) Burke's Brick & Tile Company
(b) Jeffers Construction Company
(c) Dolph Pillsbury
(d) J.H. Moore

5. What is Judge Irwin's response to Willie's request?
(a) He will think about it.
(b) He will not do it.
(c) He is not able to do it.
(d) He will be glad to do it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are Willie and his entourage visiting at a farm?

3. What is the situation regarding a brick kiln and the bricks Moore would use on the awarded job?

4. What story does Jack's editor want Jack to get?

5. Why does Willie lose when he runs for reelection?

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