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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. Who do Willie and Jack drive to Burden's Landing to see?
(a) Anne Stanton
(b) Mrs. Burden
(c) Judge Irwin
(d) Sadie Burke

2. What surprising twist occurs at Willie's next speech?
(a) Willie resigns because he gets some bad medical news.
(b) Willie resigns before he is blackmailed.
(c) Willie tells the crowd about how he has been duped and he is resigning in order to support MacMurfee.
(d) Willie resigns because his wife cannot withstand the rigors of the campaign.

3. In what subject did Jack pursue his Ph.D. at the university?
(a) Literature
(b) Sociology
(c) History
(d) Journalism

4. How does Judge Irwin react when a dinner guest berates Governor Stark's programs?
(a) He lets the arguments escalate.
(b) He defends them as necessary in a changing world.
(c) He changes the subject.
(d) He agrees with his guest.

5. What does Willie tell Jack that he is going to build?
(a) A new state courthouse
(b) A new civic center
(c) A free hospital and health center
(d) A monument in his likeness

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willie tell White after White accuses Willie of impunity?

2. Why do people come to hear Willie speak?

3. What does Willie want of Judge Irwin?

4. Who is the narrator of the story?

5. Who are Willie and his entourage visiting at a farm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the author's purpose of sending Jack on a road trip?

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

6. How does Willie react when his assistant, Sadie Burke, tells him, "Judge Irwin has come for Callahan."

7. What does Anne give Jack as her reasons for having the affair with Willie?

8. What purpose does Chapter 4 serve for the novel?

9. Explain Anne's pattern of not committing to any permanent relationship in her life.

10. How do Willie's problem-solving tactics emerge after his son, Tom, has a car accident?

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