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

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

3. In what year does Willie first run for governor?
(a) 1930
(b) 1926
(c) 1922
(d) 1934

4. Who takes over as Jack's father after Jack's father leaves?
(a) Judge Irwin
(b) Grandfather Burden
(c) Mr. Stark
(d) Governor Stanton

5. What does Jack Burden carry with him?
(a) A press pass
(b) A whiskey flask
(c) A pencil and paper
(d) A tape recorder

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do people come to hear Willie speak?

2. How can Willie be confident in his position?

3. What kinds of stories are surfacing at the newspaper office, The Chronicle?

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

5. What does Willie tell Jack that he is going to build?

(see the answer key)

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