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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. How does Jack confirm Willie's affair?
(a) Because he confronts Willie directly.
(b) Because he has seen the woman coming out of Willie's hotel room one morning.
(c) Because the woman storms into his office demanding to know about rumors of Willie seeing other women.
(d) Because Willie sends Jack to buy the woman a piece of jewelry.

2. What does Gilbert do after he runs away from home?
(a) He goes to California and starts a winery.
(b) He becomes a decorated Civil War general.
(c) He goes to Mississippi and becomes a wealthy cotton baron.
(d) He runs to Canada to hide out.

3. How does Jack come in contact with Cass Mastern?
(a) Cass was a highly-honored Civil War general.
(b) Cass offers dissertation services to grad students.
(c) Cass places an ad for an apartment for rent.
(d) Cass' grandson contacts Jack to determine if Cass' papers have any financial worth.

4. What was included in Cass' papers?
(a) Love letters
(b) Sketches and a diary
(c) Photos, letters, a journal and account books
(d) Old bank drafts

5. Why does Willie lose when he runs for reelection?
(a) He does not have enough money to print campaign posters.
(b) He runs against the mayor's very popular son.
(c) He does not have a good record on administering city tax dollars.
(d) The city commissioners start a rumor that the contractor Willie wanted, Jeffers, hired Negro workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cass learn from Gilbert?

2. Who befriends Willie to keep an eye on his campaign for the Harrison faction?

3. When Jack returns to his office, he finds that ______________________________ have been begun for State Auditor, Byram B. White.

4. Who becomes Willie's campaign manager?

5. What is the quality of Willie's speeches?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Willie's reaction when Judge Irwin refuses to support a man Willie has chosen for a senate nomination?

2. Explain how the novel ends on a small glimmer of hope.

3. How does Jack come to learn about the Mastern family?

4. What is it that makes Adam accept the position of director of the hospital?

5. How does Jack reason out Judge Irwin's role in his childhood?

6. What is the nature of Anne Stanton's depression?

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

8. How is the relationship between Willie and Adam solidified?

9. What personal connection does Jack find to Cass Mastern during his research?

10. What crisis is occurring in the governor's office when Jack returns to town?

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