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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Cass and his brother, Gilbert, and sister, Lavinia, were born in poverty in what state?
(a) Mississippi
(b) Alabama
(c) Tennessee
(d) Georgia

3. What story does Jack's editor want Jack to get?
(a) The fire at the Mason City Elementary School
(b) The Mason City Fourth of July Celebration
(c) The politics involved in a construction contract award
(d) The Mason City Labor Day Beauty Pageant

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

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

6. What was Willie Stark's job when Jack Burden first meets him?
(a) Assistant District Attorney
(b) County Prosecutor
(c) Court Reporter
(d) County Treasurer

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

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

9. What does Willie order when everyone else orders beer?
(a) Coffee
(b) Coca-Cola
(c) Orange pop
(d) Sweet tea

10. What does the answer to #45 reveal to Willie?
(a) That she has been attending all of Willie's speeches.
(b) That she is very attracted to Willie.
(c) That Willie has been used by the Hamiltons in the campaign.
(d) That Willie will be a wonderful governor.

11. Who do Willie and Jack drive to Burden's Landing to see?
(a) Mrs. Burden
(b) Sadie Burke
(c) Judge Irwin
(d) Anne Stanton

12. What does Willie tell White after White accuses Willie of impunity?
(a) That White should never have entered public office.
(b) White has watched the rich get richer and the poor get poorer for 15 years.
(c) That White should take some time off.
(d) That White would make a good county prosecutor.

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

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

15. What does Willie tell Jack that he is going to build?
(a) A new state courthouse
(b) A monument in his likeness
(c) A free hospital and health center
(d) A new civic center

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Willie benefit from what happens at the school fire drill?

2. Why do people come to hear Willie speak?

3. How far is Burden's Landing from Mason City?

4. What does Jack think he can find to blackmail Judge Irwin?

5. In what year does Willie first run for governor?

(see the answer keys)

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