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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the situation regarding a brick kiln and the bricks Moore would use on the awarded job?
(a) The kiln is located in another state and there are tax issues.
(b) The brick kiln cannot produce the correct color of bricks for the school.
(c) There had been a lawsuit about the inferior quality of the bricks.
(d) The brick kiln cannot produce the amount of bricks needed to meet the deadline.

2. Where do Willie and Jack go after leaving Judge Irwin?
(a) To Biloxi
(b) To Memphis
(c) To Baton Rouge
(d) To Willie's farm in Mason City

3. What was Willie Stark's job when Jack Burden first meets him?
(a) Court Reporter
(b) Assistant District Attorney
(c) County Prosecutor
(d) County Treasurer

4. Who are Willie and his entourage visiting at a farm?
(a) Willie's old coach
(b) Willie's mentor
(c) Willie's father
(d) Willie's grandfather

5. How did Tiny Duffy get his name?
(a) He is a short, slim man.
(b) He has a small intellect.
(c) He is a large, overweight man.
(d) He has a tiny head.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what year does the story flash back?

2. What is the topic of Jack's dissertation?

3. What was included in Cass' papers?

4. What does Gilbert do after he runs away from home?

5. What does Annabelle do when she sees Cass after her husband's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed in the literary technique does the author use at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. What negative trait of Willie's is verified by Willie's behavior in the White impeachment scandal?

3. Why is the move to hire Adam Stanton as the administrator of Willie's new hospital so out of character for Willie?

4. Why does the author have Jack return home from California?

5. How does the author indicate that Willie is against drinking alcohol?

6. What happens at the school two years after the new school is built?q

7. What leads Jack to believe that the judge had more secret financial dealings?

8. Under what circumstances did Jack's parents meet?

9. What does the new hospital symbolize for Willie?

10. What does Jack discover when he digs into the school construction story?

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