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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Judge Irwin's second wife?
(a) She committed suicide.
(b) She died in childbirth.
(c) She was an invalid and died.
(d) She divorced Judge Irwin.

2. To whom does Mortimer L. Littlepaugh give a letter the night before he dies?
(a) Governor Stanton
(b) His sister, Miss Lily Mae Littlepaugh
(c) Judge Irwin
(d) His brother, Clayton A. Littlepaugh

3. What does Jack convince Adam to do about Coffee?
(a) Tear up his resignation and have Coffee arrested.
(b) Have a drink and calm down.
(c) Get out of town for a few days.
(d) Sleep on it.

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

5. 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) Revolutionary War munitions
(d) Civil War battlefields

6. Where does Anne live after her father's death?
(a) A small apartment in the city
(b) In a townhouse in New York
(c) In the family home
(d) A farm in Mississippi

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

8. What leads Jack to believe that Judge Irwin got a huge influx of cash at some point?
(a) The judge refurnishes his home in antiques.
(b) The judge pays off his $44,000 mortgage in 1914.
(c) The judge buys priceless art.
(d) The judge builds a brand new home.

9. What does Anne tell Jack about how Judge Irwin solved his money problems?
(a) He got a substantial bank loan.
(b) He sold most of his property.
(c) He married a wealthy woman.
(d) He took out a large insurance policy on his first wife.

10. Who is Mortimer L. Littlepaugh?
(a) CEO of BellSouth
(b) Attorney for the American Electric Power Company
(c) President of the Civil Liberties Union
(d) Dean of the University of Mississippi

11. What does Willie want for Tom?
(a) To have fun he was denied as a child
(b) To marry a good Southern girl and settle down
(c) To spend some time in Europe
(d) To study hard and get a law degree

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

13. Who confirms the fact that Anne is having an affair with Willie?
(a) Anne
(b) Willie
(c) Tom
(d) Lucy

14. Who is with Adam at the time of Coffee's visit?
(a) Tom
(b) Anne
(c) Jack
(d) Lucy

15. Why does Duffy want Gummy Larson to do the construction job on the hospital?
(a) To sell out his old boss, MacMurfee
(b) Because he submits the lowest bid
(c) Because he has good business references
(d) To employ Duffy's son-in-law

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the pregnant girl naming Tom Stark as the father of her baby?

2. Who does Jack marry after Anne rejects him?

3. What puzzles Jack about the hospital discussion?

4. Why can Willie not marry Anne now?

5. What does Willie consider the new hospital to be?

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