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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Willie tell White after White accuses Willie of impunity?
(a) That White would make a good county prosecutor.
(b) That White should take some time off.
(c) That White should never have entered public office.
(d) White has watched the rich get richer and the poor get poorer for 15 years.

2. To what college does Gilbert send Cass?
(a) Harvard University in Massachusetts
(b) Princeton University in New Jersey
(c) Yale University in Connecticut
(d) Transylvania University in Kentucky

3. What does Cass do with his own slaves?
(a) Frees them and hires them
(b) Increases the whippings
(c) Threatens them with mutilation if they try to run away
(d) Frees them and sends them to school

4. What does Jack recall during the trip?
(a) The years when he, Adam and Anne were inseparable
(b) Playing Minor League Baseball
(c) His summers at the Landing
(d) His college years

5. During dinner at the judge's home one night in 1933, what topic comes up as part of the conversation?
(a) Jack's job in politics and the influence he holds
(b) Jack's old girlfriends
(c) Jack's school days
(d) The coming war in Europe

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jack returns to his office, he finds that ______________________________ have been begun for State Auditor, Byram B. White.

2. What does Anne tell Jack about how Judge Irwin solved his money problems?

3. Why is Anne depressed?

4. Who is Willie Stark's wife?

5. What was Willie Stark's job when Jack Burden first meets him?

(see the answer key)

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