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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why do people come to hear Willie speak?
(a) Because Willie offers free refreshments at his speeches.
(b) Because they're interested in anyone who opposes Pillsbury's friend.
(c) Because they want to hear everything they can about all the candidates.
(d) Because Willie gives prizes to anyone bringing children to the speeches.

4. What does Jack Burden carry with him?
(a) A press pass
(b) A tape recorder
(c) A whiskey flask
(d) A pencil and paper

5. What is Judge Irwin's response to Willie's request?
(a) He is not able to do it.
(b) He will not do it.
(c) He will think about it.
(d) He will be glad to do it.

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

7. Which political faction covertly backs Willie's campaign?
(a) The Irwin faction
(b) The MacMurfee faction
(c) The Stanton faction
(d) The Harrison faction

8. Where does Annabelle take Phebe to be sold?
(a) Owensboro
(b) Louisville
(c) Lexington
(d) Paducah

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

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

11. What literary technique does the author use to take the story back in time again?
(a) Flashback
(b) Plot timeline
(c) Reverse plot
(d) Plot in reverse

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

13. What happens to Annabelle's husband, Duncan Trice?
(a) He is thrown from his horse.
(b) He commits suicide.
(c) He is shot accidentally while cleaning his pistols.
(d) He is shot in a bar fight.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who becomes Willie's campaign manager?

3. Who were Jack's childhood friends?

4. Willie Stark is known as ______________.

5. Who steps in and offers blackmail as a tool to help White?

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