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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Dolph Pillsbury connected to the troubles with the brick kiln?
(a) Pillsbury is a major investor in the kiln business.
(b) Pillsbury used to do the accounting for the kiln company.
(c) Pillsbury used to make bricks for the kiln company.
(d) Pillsbury's brother-in-law owns the kiln and Pillsbury is suspected of getting kickbacks on the school job.

3. What does Willie tell Jack that he is going to build?
(a) A new civic center
(b) A monument in his likeness
(c) A free hospital and health center
(d) A new state courthouse

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

5. What does Willie want for his son, Tom?
(a) He wants him to go to Harvard or Yale and become a lawyer.
(b) He wants him to marry a nice girl and settle down in Mason City.
(c) He wants him to become a professional baseball player.
(d) He wants him to be a part of all the excitement of Willie's administration.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can Willie be confident in his position?

2. Who is the woman who works for Willie?

3. What literary technique does the author use to take the story back in time again?

4. With whom did Adam and Anne Stanton live as children?

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

(see the answer key)

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