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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Gummy want from Adam?
(a) A hospital wing named after him
(b) The hospital construction contract
(c) A job for his daughter
(d) A private appointment for his son

3. Why is the decision made to back Willie?
(a) To split the MacMurfee vote
(b) To split the Stanton vote
(c) To split the Irwin vote
(d) To split the Harrison vote

4. How did Cass die?
(a) From cancer
(b) Of old age
(c) In a military hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1864
(d) In the Battle of Gettysburg

5. What does Lucy think about Tom?
(a) He is the best son a mother could have.
(b) He has a charming personality.
(c) He is selfless and giving.
(d) He is wild, selfish and idle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne ask Jack to show her?

2. What does Willie tell Jack to do?

3. What does Adam do after Coffee leaves?

4. What happens between Jack and Anne the summer Jack is 20?

5. Who does Gummy Larson send to see Adam in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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