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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Annabelle sell Phebe, her waiting maid?
(a) Because Phebe had set fire to the bedroom drapes with a candle.
(b) Because she saw Annabelle shoot her husband.
(c) Because Annabelle wants a younger maid in the house.
(d) Because Phebe knows about Annabelle's husband's ring on Cass' finger.

3. How does Willie benefit from what happens at the school fire drill?
(a) Willie gets to hire a new architect who is a friend of his.
(b) The people realize the corruption related to the brick quality and they should have voted for Willie.
(c) Willie is asked to work as a consultant on the rebuilding of the school.
(d) Willie gets reelected on a special emergency vote.

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

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

6. Who was like a second father to Jack after Jack's father left?
(a) Mr. Burke
(b) Judge Irwin
(c) Governor Stanton
(d) Mr. Stark

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

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

9. What is the situation regarding a brick kiln and the bricks Moore would use on the awarded job?
(a) There had been a lawsuit about the inferior quality of the bricks.
(b) The brick kiln cannot produce the amount of bricks needed to meet the deadline.
(c) The brick kiln cannot produce the correct color of bricks for the school.
(d) The kiln is located in another state and there are tax issues.

10. What does Willie tell Jack to do?
(a) Find a way to influence the judge
(b) Make sure Willie is front page news tomorrow
(c) Find something to blackmail Judge Irwin
(d) Find his own way back to town

11. Who do the city commissioners want to get the contract?
(a) J.H. Moore
(b) Jeffers Construction Company
(c) Dolph Pillsbury
(d) Burke's Brick & Tile Company

12. Who steps in and offers blackmail as a tool to help White?
(a) Governor Stark
(b) Judge Irwin
(c) Tiny Duffy
(d) Former Governor Stanton

13. Who is the woman who works for Willie?
(a) Marie Stanton
(b) Lucille Burke
(c) Sadie Burke
(d) Anne Stanton

14. 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 become a professional baseball player.
(c) He wants him to marry a nice girl and settle down in Mason City.
(d) He wants him to go to Harvard or Yale and become a lawyer.

15. Who is Willie Stark's wife?
(a) Lucille
(b) Marie
(c) Lucy
(d) Anne

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Willie and Jack drive to Burden's Landing to see?

2. Who is Cass Mastern?

3. What happens during the next election for governor?

4. Why do people come to hear Willie speak?

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

(see the answer keys)

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