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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Jack make the decision to return home?
(a) When his hotel reservation is up
(b) When he loses his credit cards
(c) When he is able to deal with the facts
(d) When he runs out of money

2. Why can Willie not marry Anne now?
(a) Because a divorce would hurt him politically right now
(b) Because he wants to wait until Tom has graduated
(c) Because he is trying to get his marriage annulled
(d) Because his divorce is not final

3. Where does Jack spend a weekend with Adam and Anne?
(a) The Landing
(b) Biloxi
(c) Memphis
(d) New Orleans

4. What does Willie tell Adam to do?
(a) Start picking his staff
(b) Send in his resume
(c) Check out other hospitals
(d) Attend hospital construction meetings

5. What does Willie say about interfering in the management of the hospital?
(a) He has not intention of interfering.
(b) He will be a very hands-on administrator.
(c) He will only want to know bottom line results.
(d) He will hold monthly update meetings.

6. Why does Jack go to see Lucy who is staying at her sister's house?
(a) To tell Lucy about the baby
(b) To ask her to run the new hospital
(c) To get Lucy to reconcile with the governor
(d) To ask her out to dinner

7. Who is the pregnant girl naming Tom Stark as the father of her baby?
(a) Lucille Burke
(b) Sibyl Frye
(c) Sara Frye
(d) Sadie Burke

8. What prompts Jack to take this trip?
(a) He has a job interview.
(b) He visits an old college friend.
(c) Anne confirms her involvement with Willie.
(d) He is in desperate need of a vacation.

9. How long had Jack and Anne been falling in love?
(a) Six months
(b) 10 years
(c) 20 years
(d) For most of their lives

10. What is the subject of Jack's historical research project in Chapter 5?
(a) Judge Irwin's past
(b) World War I prisoner camps
(c) Civil War battlefields
(d) Revolutionary War munitions

11. What does Adam do after Coffee leaves?
(a) He writes his resignation.
(b) He goes out for a beer with Jack.
(c) He goes to lunch with Anne.
(d) He calls the governor.

12. What does Jack do after Anne makes her decision?
(a) Struggles to find what he wants to do with his life
(b) Takes a long vacation
(c) Decides to go into politics
(d) Decides to go to grad school

13. What question does Jack ask Anne?
(a) "How is the judge's health?"
(b) "Was the judge ever broke?"
(c) "Will you marry me?"
(d) "Why didn't you want to marry me?"

14. What does Lucy think about Tom?
(a) He is selfless and giving.
(b) He is the best son a mother could have.
(c) He is wild, selfish and idle.
(d) He has a charming personality.

15. What does Jack recall during the trip?
(a) His college years
(b) The years when he, Adam and Anne were inseparable
(c) His summers at the Landing
(d) Playing Minor League Baseball

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Anne go to college?

2. Where does Jack go in Chapter 7?

3. What puzzles Jack about the hospital discussion?

4. What happens to Willie and Lucy's son, Tom?

5. What does Lucy want Tom to do?

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