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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Jack visits his father in his small apartment now?
(a) Jack takes his father to minor league baseball games.
(b) Jack takes food so his father will remember to eat.
(c) Jack rejects his religious obsessions and his father says he will pray for Jack's soul.
(d) Jack takes his father to dinner and a movie.

2. What does Annabelle do when she sees Cass after her husband's death?
(a) She puts her husband's wedding ring on Cass.
(b) She tells Cass to leave.
(c) She throws herself at Cass in grief.
(d) She faints.

3. With what married woman did Cass become involved at Transylvania?
(a) Annabeth Lee
(b) Annabelle Lee
(c) Annabeth Jefferson
(d) Annabelle Trice

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

5. On what topic does Willie complain to Jack about Lucy?
(a) How Lucy is raising their son, Tom
(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 much Lucy has overextended her wardrobe budget

6. What do Willie and Jack do with Willie's father?
(a) They play cards.
(b) They go hunting.
(c) They eat dinner.
(d) They listen to the radio.

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

8. Who befriends Willie to keep an eye on his campaign for the Harrison faction?
(a) Anne Stanton
(b) Sadie Burke
(c) Mrs. Pillsbury
(d) Lucille MacMurfee

9. What do Jack and Judge Irwin make while Jack is growing up?
(a) Model airplanes
(b) Kites
(c) Ships in bottles
(d) Models of ancient weapons

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

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

12. What was included in Cass' papers?
(a) Sketches and a diary
(b) Photos, letters, a journal and account books
(c) Love letters
(d) Old bank drafts

13. What kinds of stories are surfacing at the newspaper office, The Chronicle?
(a) Stories about segregation
(b) Stories about environmental issues
(c) Stories about corruption in county courthouses
(d) Stories about prohibition

14. Where is Wille Stark's home town?
(a) Baton Rouge
(b) Memphis
(c) Mason City
(d) Biloxi

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Willie lose when he runs for reelection?

2. Who were Jack's childhood friends?

3. What does Willie tell Jack to do?

4. What happens to Willie's career in April of 1933?

5. What happens to Annabelle's husband, Duncan Trice?

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