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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jack come in contact with Cass Mastern?
(a) Cass places an ad for an apartment for rent.
(b) Cass' grandson contacts Jack to determine if Cass' papers have any financial worth.
(c) Cass was a highly-honored Civil War general.
(d) Cass offers dissertation services to grad students.

2. What two major political factions run the state?
(a) The Stark faction and the Burden faction
(b) The Irwin faction and the Stanton faction
(c) The Harrison faction and the MacMurfee faction
(d) The Burke faction and the Stark faction

3. Who steps in and offers blackmail as a tool to help White?
(a) Tiny Duffy
(b) Judge Irwin
(c) Former Governor Stanton
(d) Governor Stark

4. What story does Jack's editor want Jack to get?
(a) The politics involved in a construction contract award
(b) The Mason City Labor Day Beauty Pageant
(c) The Mason City Fourth of July Celebration
(d) The fire at the Mason City Elementary School

5. What does Willie want for his son, Tom?
(a) He wants him to go to Harvard or Yale and become a lawyer.
(b) He wants him to marry a nice girl and settle down in Mason City.
(c) He wants him to be a part of all the excitement of Willie's administration.
(d) He wants him to become a professional baseball player.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willie tell Jack to do?

2. What does Jack think he can find to blackmail Judge Irwin?

3. Who is to secure the answer to #114 for Willie?

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

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

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