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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes over as Jack's father after Jack's father leaves?
(a) Grandfather Burden
(b) Mr. Stark
(c) Governor Stanton
(d) Judge Irwin

2. To whom does Mortimer L. Littlepaugh give a letter the night before he dies?
(a) Governor Stanton
(b) Judge Irwin
(c) His brother, Clayton A. Littlepaugh
(d) His sister, Miss Lily Mae Littlepaugh

3. What does Jack Burden carry with him?
(a) A press pass
(b) A pencil and paper
(c) A tape recorder
(d) A whiskey flask

4. Why is Anne depressed?
(a) She has not done anything with her life.
(b) She wishes she had married Jack.
(c) Her best friend has cancer.
(d) She has lost her job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jack spend a weekend with Adam and Anne?

2. How does Jack confirm Willie's affair?

3. Who was like a second father to Jack after Jack's father left?

4. How far is Burden's Landing from Mason City?

5. Why is Willie's wife, Lucy, leaving Willie?

(see the answer key)

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