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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 want of Judge Irwin?
(a) He wants the judge to contribute to his campaign funds.
(b) He wants the judge to support a man Willie has chosen for a senate nomination.
(c) He wants the judge to endorse him in the next election.
(d) He wants the judge to campaign for him in the next election.

2. How does Jack confirm Willie's affair?
(a) Because Willie sends Jack to buy the woman a piece of jewelry.
(b) Because he confronts Willie directly.
(c) Because the woman storms into his office demanding to know about rumors of Willie seeing other women.
(d) Because he has seen the woman coming out of Willie's hotel room one morning.

3. Why does Willie lose when he runs for reelection?
(a) He does not have a good record on administering city tax dollars.
(b) The city commissioners start a rumor that the contractor Willie wanted, Jeffers, hired Negro workers.
(c) He does not have enough money to print campaign posters.
(d) He runs against the mayor's very popular son.

4. Who do Willie and Jack drive to Burden's Landing to see?
(a) Sadie Burke
(b) Judge Irwin
(c) Mrs. Burden
(d) Anne Stanton

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to indicate that Lucy is not engaged in Willie's life?

2. What is Willie's wife's profession?

3. What does Willie order when everyone else orders beer?

4. Willie Stark is known as ______________.

5. In what year does the story begin?

(see the answer key)

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