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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does not approve of Jack working for Willie?
(a) Tiny Duffy
(b) Judge Irwin
(c) Jack's mother, Mrs. Burden
(d) Anne Stanton

2. What kinds of stories are surfacing at the newspaper office, The Chronicle?
(a) Stories about segregation
(b) Stories about prohibition
(c) Stories about corruption in county courthouses
(d) Stories about environmental issues

3. Cass and his brother, Gilbert, and sister, Lavinia, were born in poverty in what state?
(a) Alabama
(b) Tennessee
(c) Mississippi
(d) Georgia

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

5. What does Cass learn from Gilbert?
(a) How to ride a horse
(b) How to order wine in a restaurant
(c) How to speak French
(d) How to manage a plantation

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willie do after he loses the election?

2. Who is the woman who works for Willie?

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

4. Willie Stark is known as ______________.

5. How does Judge Irwin react when a dinner guest berates Governor Stark's programs?

(see the answer key)

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