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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. In what year does the story begin?
(a) 1936
(b) 1920
(c) 1945
(d) 1900

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

3. What happens when Willie runs for the governorship in 1930?
(a) Willie wins but does not accept the office.
(b) Willie is defeated by the Harrison faction.
(c) Willie wins.
(d) Willie is defeated by the MacMurfee faction.

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

5. What does Willie tell Jack to do?
(a) Make sure Willie is front page news tomorrow
(b) Find something to blackmail Judge Irwin
(c) Find his own way back to town
(d) Find a way to influence the judge

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes over as Jack's father after Jack's father leaves?

2. What does Jack think he can find to blackmail Judge Irwin?

3. What does Jack Burden carry with him?

4. In what year does Willie first run for governor?

5. What does Willie order when everyone else orders beer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Jack is not the only character undergoing a radical shift in perspective. What happens to Willie after the football game injury which paralyzes his son, Tom?

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

5. To whom is the construction contract awarded and why?

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

7. What potential issues surround the contract being awarded to J.H. Moore?

8. Compare and contrast the funerals for Willie and Adam.

9. What does the new hospital symbolize for Willie?

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

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