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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack discover about the wealth of Judge Irwin's second wife?
(a) She is very frugal and dies with most of her money untouched.
(b) She invests well and becomes an even wealthier woman.
(c) She had cut the judge out of her will.
(d) She had been left a lot of money but spent it by the time she married the judge.

2. What does Anne eventually decide about marriage to Jack?
(a) She decides to marry Jack the next time he asks her.
(b) She decides she does not want to marry Jack.
(c) She decides that she will marry Jack when the time is right.
(d) She decides that she will marry Jack but will not expect it to last.

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

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

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

6. What bombshell does Jack drop on Anne?
(a) Jack is going to marry someone else.
(b) Judge Irwin had taken a bribe and her father, Governor Stanton, was implicated
(c) Jack has been diagnosed with cancer.
(d) Jack is moving to New York City.

7. What does Lucy want Tom to do?
(a) Marry the girl
(b) Break up with the girl
(c) Deny that the child is his
(d) Pay for the girl's abortion

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

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

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

11. What does Adam recall about an argument between Judge Irwin and Governor Stanton?
(a) It was about property.
(b) It was about a woman.
(c) It was about money.
(d) It was about politics.

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

13. What does Gummy want from Adam?
(a) A private appointment for his son
(b) A job for his daughter
(c) The hospital construction contract
(d) A hospital wing named after him

14. 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

15. What does Anne believe about her relationship with Willie?
(a) That they will be married in six months
(b) That they will be married next year
(c) That they will be married as soon as Willie gets his divorce
(d) That they will never get married

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne ask Jack to show her?

2. What prompts Jack to take this trip?

3. How do Adam, Anne and Jack spend the evening?

4. Who is to secure the answer to #114 for Willie?

5. How does Adam react to Coffee's request?

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