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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the story?
(a) Anne Stanton
(b) Adam Stanton
(c) Willie Stark
(d) Jack Burden

2. What does Cass do with his own slaves?
(a) Threatens them with mutilation if they try to run away
(b) Frees them and sends them to school
(c) Frees them and hires them
(d) Increases the whippings

3. How does Willie enter politics again?
(a) Willie runs for mayor during the next election.
(b) He stumps for a congressional candidate who is running against the candidate who is a friend of Dolph Pillsbury's.
(c) Willie is elected to the school board.
(d) Willie is appointed to his old position of county treasurer.

4. What does Willie order when everyone else orders beer?
(a) Coffee
(b) Coca-Cola
(c) Orange pop
(d) Sweet tea

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which political faction covertly backs Willie's campaign?

3. Who becomes Willie's campaign manager?

4. During dinner at the judge's home one night in 1933, what topic comes up as part of the conversation?

5. To what year does the story flash back?

(see the answer key)

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