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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Willie runs for the governorship in 1930?
(a) Willie wins but does not accept the office.
(b) Willie wins.
(c) Willie is defeated by the MacMurfee faction.
(d) Willie is defeated by the Harrison faction.

2. What do Jack and Judge Irwin make while Jack is growing up?
(a) Model airplanes
(b) Kites
(c) Ships in bottles
(d) Models of ancient weapons

3. What does Gilbert do after he runs away from home?
(a) He runs to Canada to hide out.
(b) He becomes a decorated Civil War general.
(c) He goes to California and starts a winery.
(d) He goes to Mississippi and becomes a wealthy cotton baron.

4. What happens to indicate that Lucy is not engaged in Willie's life?
(a) Lucy takes several independent vacations.
(b) Willie notices that she no longer has the chef prepare Willie's favorite meals.
(c) Willie finds her asleep early even with the threat of impeachment hanging over Willie's head.
(d) Lucy takes frequent shopping trips out of town.

5. What surprising twist occurs at Willie's next speech?
(a) Willie resigns because his wife cannot withstand the rigors of the campaign.
(b) Willie resigns before he is blackmailed.
(c) Willie tells the crowd about how he has been duped and he is resigning in order to support MacMurfee.
(d) Willie resigns because he gets some bad medical news.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cass do with his own slaves?

2. Where do Willie and Jack go after leaving Judge Irwin?

3. In a flashback, what does the author reveal about Jack's father?

4. What happens when Jack visits his father in his small apartment now?

5. Why does Jack attend the state university instead of abiding by his mother's wishes and going to Harvard or Princeton?

(see the answer key)

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