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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. When Jack returns to his office, he finds that ______________________________ have been begun for State Auditor, Byram B. White.
(a) Reelection plans
(b) Impeachment proceedings
(c) Birthday celebration
(d) Anniversary plans

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

13. To what year does the story flash back?
(a) 1915
(b) 1940
(c) 1922
(d) 1896

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willie tell Jack that he is going to build?

2. What do Willie and Jack do with Willie's father?

3. What literary technique does the author use to take the story back in time again?

4. What happens during the next election for governor?

5. Of what has White been accused?

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