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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In a flashback, what does the author reveal about Jack's father?
(a) Jack's father was a homosexual.
(b) Jack's father left his family with no explanation.
(c) Jack's father had multiple affairs.
(d) Jack's father never got his law degree.

3. What does Jack discover about the wealth of Judge Irwin's second wife?
(a) She is very frugal and dies with most of her money untouched.
(b) She invests well and becomes an even wealthier woman.
(c) She had been left a lot of money but spent it by the time she married the judge.
(d) She had cut the judge out of her will.

4. How is Dolph Pillsbury connected to the troubles with the brick kiln?
(a) Pillsbury's brother-in-law owns the kiln and Pillsbury is suspected of getting kickbacks on the school job.
(b) Pillsbury is a major investor in the kiln business.
(c) Pillsbury used to make bricks for the kiln company.
(d) Pillsbury used to do the accounting for the kiln company.

5. During this time, Willie and Lucy have a son named __________.
(a) Ted
(b) Tim
(c) Tom
(d) Tad

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do Adam, Anne and Jack spend the evening?

3. What happens to Willie and Lucy's son, Tom?

4. Who recommended the school for Cass?

5. What does the answer to #45 reveal to Willie?

(see the answer key)

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