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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who becomes Willie's campaign manager?
(a) Jack Burden
(b) Sugar Boy
(c) Judge Irwin
(d) Tiny Duffy

2. Why does Jack attend the state university instead of abiding by his mother's wishes and going to Harvard or Princeton?
(a) Jack thinks his mother still needs his help occasionally.
(b) Jack does not want to move that far away from home.
(c) Jack does not think he would adapt well to a northern school.
(d) Jack wants to put himself through college and the state school is less expensive.

3. Which political faction covertly backs Willie's campaign?
(a) The Irwin faction
(b) The Stanton faction
(c) The Harrison faction
(d) The MacMurfee faction

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

5. How does Judge Irwin react when a dinner guest berates Governor Stark's programs?
(a) He changes the subject.
(b) He lets the arguments escalate.
(c) He defends them as necessary in a changing world.
(d) He agrees with his guest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Willie and Jack do with Willie's father?

2. What is the topic of Jack's dissertation?

3. How does Willie enter politics again?

4. With whom did Adam and Anne Stanton live as children?

5. What literary technique does the author use to take the story back in time again?

(see the answer key)

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