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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Jack that Anne is having an affair with Willie?
(a) Sadie
(b) Anne
(c) Adam
(d) Lucy

2. What does Anne do when her father becomes an invalid?
(a) She takes care of him until he dies.
(b) She hires a full-time nurse to care for him.
(c) She puts him in a long-term care facility.
(d) She sends him to live with relatives.

3. Who is to secure the answer to #114 for Willie?
(a) Jack Burden
(b) Mrs. Burden
(c) Lucy Stark
(d) Judge Irwin

4. What does Jack discover about the wealth of Judge Irwin's second wife?
(a) She invests well and becomes an even wealthier woman.
(b) She is very frugal and dies with most of her money untouched.
(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.

5. What puzzles Jack about the hospital discussion?
(a) He does not know how Anne knew that Adam had been asked to head up the hospital.
(b) He wonders where all the money is going.
(c) He wonders who the major contributors are for the hospital fund.
(d) He wonders why the construction schedule isn't more aggressive.

6. What is the best approach to secure the answer to #114?
(a) The promise of a country club membership
(b) The promise of a good salary
(c) The promise of stock options
(d) The promise of an opportunity to do good

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

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

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

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

11. Why does Anne call and want to see Jack?
(a) To convince Adam to take the position at the hospital.
(b) To borrow some money
(c) To convince Willie to give Anne the hospital job
(d) To ask if she and Jack can get back together

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

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

14. How did Judge Irwin get Mortimer L. Littlepaugh's job?
(a) He took a bribe to make a ruling on a lawsuit.
(b) He hosted cocktail parties for the company executives.
(c) He invited the company CEO for a golf weekend.
(d) He invested a large sum in the company's stock.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What leads Jack to believe that Judge Irwin got a huge influx of cash at some point?

2. What bombshell does Jack drop on Anne?

3. What does Anne reveals as the topic of conversation the last time she had lunch with the governor?

4. What happens between Jack and Anne the summer Jack is 20?

5. What happens to Mortimer L. Littlepaugh?

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