1. What happens during a fire drill at the school two years after it is constructed?
(a) The fire drill is actually a real fire and most of the children are overcome with smoke.
(b) The students and teachers are locked in the building.
(c) The brickwork collapses causing the deaths of three children and serious injury to a dozen more.
(d) Someone pulls the fire alarm as a prank and is suspended for three weeks.

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

3. How did Judge Irwin get Mortimer L. Littlepaugh's job?
(a) He hosted cocktail parties for the company executives.
(b) He invited the company CEO for a golf weekend.
(c) He took a bribe to make a ruling on a lawsuit.
(d) He invested a large sum in the company's stock.

4. Why does Annabelle sell Phebe, her waiting maid?
(a) Because Phebe knows about Annabelle's husband's ring on Cass' finger.
(b) Because Annabelle wants a younger maid in the house.
(c) Because she saw Annabelle shoot her husband.
(d) Because Phebe had set fire to the bedroom drapes with a candle.

5. What does Willie tell Adam about the hospital plans?
(a) He hopes the hospital will be big enough.
(b) He hopes the funding will come through.
(c) Adam can revise them to his liking.
(d) There is no more opportunity for revision.