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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Annabelle sell Phebe, her waiting maid?
(a) Because she saw Annabelle shoot her husband.
(b) Because Phebe knows about Annabelle's husband's ring on Cass' finger.
(c) Because Phebe had set fire to the bedroom drapes with a candle.
(d) Because Annabelle wants a younger maid in the house.

2. Who was like a second father to Jack after Jack's father left?
(a) Mr. Stark
(b) Judge Irwin
(c) Mr. Burke
(d) Governor Stanton

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

4. Who are Willie and his entourage visiting at a farm?
(a) Willie's mentor
(b) Willie's old coach
(c) Willie's father
(d) Willie's grandfather

5. What was included in Cass' papers?
(a) Love letters
(b) Old bank drafts
(c) Sketches and a diary
(d) Photos, letters, a journal and account books

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Dolph Pillsbury connected to the troubles with the brick kiln?

2. What do Jack and Judge Irwin make while Jack is growing up?

3. Cass and his brother, Gilbert, and sister, Lavinia, were born in poverty in what state?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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