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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprising twist occurs at Willie's next speech?
(a) Willie resigns because he gets some bad medical news.
(b) Willie resigns before he is blackmailed.
(c) Willie resigns because his wife cannot withstand the rigors of the campaign.
(d) Willie tells the crowd about how he has been duped and he is resigning in order to support MacMurfee.

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

3. How far is Burden's Landing from Mason City?
(a) 30 miles
(b) 100 miles
(c) 33 miles
(d) 130 miles

4. In what year does Willie first run for governor?
(a) 1922
(b) 1930
(c) 1934
(d) 1926

5. How many husbands has Mrs. Burden had?
(a) 0
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 2

6. Where do Willie and Jack go after leaving Judge Irwin?
(a) To Baton Rouge
(b) To Memphis
(c) To Biloxi
(d) To Willie's farm in Mason City

7. When Jack returns to his office, he finds that ______________________________ have been begun for State Auditor, Byram B. White.
(a) Anniversary plans
(b) Impeachment proceedings
(c) Reelection plans
(d) Birthday celebration

8. Why does Willie lose when he runs for reelection?
(a) He does not have a good record on administering city tax dollars.
(b) The city commissioners start a rumor that the contractor Willie wanted, Jeffers, hired Negro workers.
(c) He does not have enough money to print campaign posters.
(d) He runs against the mayor's very popular son.

9. What does Willie do after he loses the election?
(a) He takes a much-deserved extended vacation.
(b) He works his farm and studies law.
(c) He gets a job at the state finance department.
(d) He becomes a school teacher.

10. What two major political factions run the state?
(a) The Harrison faction and the MacMurfee faction
(b) The Stark faction and the Burden faction
(c) The Burke faction and the Stark faction
(d) The Irwin faction and the Stanton faction

11. 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 brickwork collapses causing the deaths of three children and serious injury to a dozen more.
(c) The students and teachers are locked in the building.
(d) Someone pulls the fire alarm as a prank and is suspended for three weeks.

12. What is the situation regarding a brick kiln and the bricks Moore would use on the awarded job?
(a) The brick kiln cannot produce the amount of bricks needed to meet the deadline.
(b) The brick kiln cannot produce the correct color of bricks for the school.
(c) There had been a lawsuit about the inferior quality of the bricks.
(d) The kiln is located in another state and there are tax issues.

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

14. Why does Jack attend the state university instead of abiding by his mother's wishes and going to Harvard or Princeton?
(a) Jack does not think he would adapt well to a northern school.
(b) Jack thinks his mother still needs his help occasionally.
(c) Jack wants to put himself through college and the state school is less expensive.
(d) Jack does not want to move that far away from home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tiny Duffy get his name?

2. How does Jack come in contact with Cass Mastern?

3. What is the topic of Jack's dissertation?

4. What does Willie tell White after White accuses Willie of impunity?

5. What does Jack Burden carry with him?

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