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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 is the unreliable source that feeds information to William in Chapter 23?
(a) Ted Leach.
(b) Peter Parfitt.
(c) Charles Lester.
(d) Henry Osborne.

2. What is Henry Osborne's job in Chapter 25?
(a) Congressman.
(b) Alderman.
(c) Bell boy.
(d) Insurance rep.

3. Who rushes with Abel to Florentyna's apartment after the father and daughter fight?
(a) Richard.
(b) Matthew.
(c) William.
(d) George.

4. Who turned 21 in 1953?
(a) Abel.
(b) Richard.
(c) Thaddeus.
(d) William.

5. What does William say about his grandchildren when he first meets them?
(a) They look just like their mother.
(b) He loves them even though their other grandfather is a jerk.
(c) They look just like their father.
(d) Nothing. He doesn't meet them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a Chicago alderman?

2. Who bought six percent of the shares in William's bank?

3. What does William's son major in at college?

4. Which bank chairman dies in Chapter 23?

5. What is Thomas Cohen's son's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Richard get so angry when he sees his girlfriend charging items on credit?

2. When was a press conference scheduled to announce a bank merger between Lester and Kane and Cabot, and why was it canceled?

3. How does Henry Osborne die and what statement does his death make?

4. Why does Abel ask his banker to buy stock in William's newly merged bank?

5. What are the three reasons Abel and his daughter visit Europe when she completes high school?

6. How does Abel remember Davis Leroy when he rebuilds his Chicago hotel and why?

7. Why does Florentyna reject her father's offer to manage all the hotel gift shops in his chain?

8. Why does Abel contribute to John Kennedy's presidential campaign?

9. How does Florentyna manage to get a job on her own merits?

10. What upsets Abel and provokes him to become a Congressional lobbyist?

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