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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jack's mother reveal to Jack about Judge Irwin
(a) Judge Irwin is having an affair with Lucy Stark.
(b) Judge Irwin is in love with her.
(c) Judge Irwin is actually Jack's father.
(d) Judge Irwin is in love with Willie Stark.

3. What is Jack's method of travel?
(a) He takes a plane.
(b) He takes a bus.
(c) He takes a train.
(d) He drives.

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

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

6. Who is Willie told will be the best person to run the hospital?
(a) Sadie Burke
(b) Lucille Burke
(c) Anne Stanton
(d) Adam Stanton

7. What do Adam and Willie discuss when Jack and Willie go to Adam's apartment?
(a) Goodness and badness
(b) Their former girlfriends
(c) The rumors of war in Europe
(d) The baseball scores from last night

8. What happens to Jack's marriage?
(a) He and his wife have a long distance marriage.
(b) He and his wife are separated.
(c) It ends when his wife dies.
(d) It does not last long.

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

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

11. What does Willie tell Adam about the hospital plans?
(a) He hopes the funding will come through.
(b) There is no more opportunity for revision.
(c) Adam can revise them to his liking.
(d) He hopes the hospital will be big enough.

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

13. Why is Anne depressed?
(a) She has lost her job.
(b) She has not done anything with her life.
(c) She wishes she had married Jack.
(d) Her best friend has cancer.

14. What is another reason Jack is taking this trip?
(a) He has relatives he has not seen for a long time.
(b) He wants to check on some of his rental property.
(c) He is considering moving to another city.
(d) He feels he had handed Anne over to Willie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Mortimer L. Littlepaugh?

2. How did Judge Irwin get Mortimer L. Littlepaugh's job?

3. What does Anne believe about her relationship with Willie?

4. What do Jack and Anne continue to discuss as the years progress?

5. Why does Jack go to see Lucy who is staying at her sister's house?

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