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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Gilbert sends Lavinia to an expensive school in Atlanta and _____________________________.
(a) Sends for her at the holidays
(b) Sends Cass to West Point Academy
(c) Takes Cass with him
(d) Gets Cass a job in a bank

5. Who were Jack's childhood friends?
(a) Adam and Anne Stanton
(b) Willie and Teddy Stark
(c) Tiny Duffy and Sugar Boy
(d) Sadie and Marie Burke

6. What happens during the next election for governor?
(a) Willie is elected.
(b) Willie runs but does not accept the position.
(c) Willie declines to run.
(d) Will is soundly defeated.

7. Willie Stark is known as ______________.
(a) Colonel
(b) The Man
(c) The Boss
(d) The Big Guy

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

9. Why does the Attorney General, Hugh Miller resign his position?
(a) He can no longer keep the travel schedule necessary for the job.
(b) His wife has a terminal illness.
(c) He objects to the help given to White.
(d) He has been diagonosed with a terminal illness.

10. 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.

11. How does Willie benefit from what happens at the school fire drill?
(a) Willie is asked to work as a consultant on the rebuilding of the school.
(b) Willie gets to hire a new architect who is a friend of his.
(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.

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

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

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

15. What does Willie want of Judge Irwin?
(a) He wants the judge to contribute to his campaign funds.
(b) He wants the judge to support a man Willie has chosen for a senate nomination.
(c) He wants the judge to endorse him in the next election.
(d) He wants the judge to campaign for him in the next election.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Dolph Pillsbury connected to the troubles with the brick kiln?

2. What does Jack Burden carry with him?

3. Why will Tiny Duffy not help Willie improve his dreadful campaign speeches?

4. What does Gilbert do after he runs away from home?

5. Who does not approve of Jack working for Willie?

(see the answer keys)

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