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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who steps in and offers blackmail as a tool to help White?
(a) Governor Stark
(b) Former Governor Stanton
(c) Judge Irwin
(d) Tiny Duffy

2. Who is the narrator of the story?
(a) Jack Burden
(b) Adam Stanton
(c) Willie Stark
(d) Anne Stanton

3. 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) There had been a lawsuit about the inferior quality of the bricks.
(c) The brick kiln cannot produce the correct color of bricks for the school.
(d) The kiln is located in another state and there are tax issues.

4. How does Judge Irwin react when a dinner guest berates Governor Stark's programs?
(a) He defends them as necessary in a changing world.
(b) He lets the arguments escalate.
(c) He changes the subject.
(d) He agrees with his guest.

5. In what year does the story begin?
(a) 1920
(b) 1900
(c) 1936
(d) 1945

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

7. With whom did Adam and Anne Stanton live as children?
(a) Jack Burden
(b) Willie Stark's family
(c) Their godfather, Judge Irwin
(d) Their widowed father, Governor Stanton

8. Of what has White been accused?
(a) Making a deal with the Tax Lands Bureau for a kickback
(b) Propositioning one of the pages at the state house
(c) Having an affair with a congressman's wife
(d) Cheating on his taxes

9. On what topic does Willie complain to Jack about Lucy?
(a) How much Lucy has overextended her wardrobe budget
(b) How much weight Lucy seems to have gained recently
(c) How much money Lucy is spending to decorate the governor's mansion
(d) How Lucy is raising their son, Tom

10. How does Willie benefit from what happens at the school fire drill?
(a) Willie gets to hire a new architect who is a friend of his.
(b) Willie is asked to work as a consultant on the rebuilding of the school.
(c) Willie gets reelected on a special emergency vote.
(d) The people realize the corruption related to the brick quality and they should have voted for Willie.

11. What happens to indicate that Lucy is not engaged in Willie's life?
(a) Lucy takes frequent shopping trips out of town.
(b) Willie notices that she no longer has the chef prepare Willie's favorite meals.
(c) Willie finds her asleep early even with the threat of impeachment hanging over Willie's head.
(d) Lucy takes several independent vacations.

12. Who recommended the school for Cass?
(a) Jefferson Davis
(b) Abraham Lincoln
(c) Ulysses S. Grant
(d) Robert E. Lee

13. What is the quality of Willie's speeches?
(a) They are conventional.
(b) They are rousing.
(c) They are innovative.
(d) They are not good.

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

15. What does Gilbert do after he runs away from home?
(a) He becomes a decorated Civil War general.
(b) He goes to Mississippi and becomes a wealthy cotton baron.
(c) He goes to California and starts a winery.
(d) He runs to Canada to hide out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Annabelle take Phebe to be sold?

2. Willie Stark is known as ______________.

3. What kinds of stories are surfacing at the newspaper office, The Chronicle?

4. What does Willie tell Jack to do?

5. What was included in Cass' papers?

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