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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Cass learn from Gilbert?
(a) How to order wine in a restaurant
(b) How to manage a plantation
(c) How to speak French
(d) How to ride a horse

5. How does Willie enter politics again?
(a) Willie runs for mayor during the next election.
(b) He stumps for a congressional candidate who is running against the candidate who is a friend of Dolph Pillsbury's.
(c) Willie is elected to the school board.
(d) Willie is appointed to his old position of county treasurer.

6. Who is Cass Mastern?
(a) The topic of Jack's dissertation for the Ph.D. in History
(b) Jack's favorite history professor
(c) Jack's landlord during college
(d) Jack's high school football coach

7. In what subject did Jack pursue his Ph.D. at the university?
(a) Literature
(b) Sociology
(c) History
(d) Journalism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jack attend the state university instead of abiding by his mother's wishes and going to Harvard or Princeton?

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

3. Who is the woman who works for Willie?

4. How does Judge Irwin react when a dinner guest berates Governor Stark's programs?

5. Where does Annabelle take Phebe to be sold?

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