1. How did Judge Irwin get Mortimer L. Littlepaugh's job?
(a) He hosted cocktail parties for the company executives.
(b) He invested a large sum in the company's stock.
(c) He invited the company CEO for a golf weekend.
(d) He took a bribe to make a ruling on a lawsuit.

2. What happens when Jack visits his father in his small apartment now?
(a) Jack takes food so his father will remember to eat.
(b) Jack rejects his religious obsessions and his father says he will pray for Jack's soul.
(c) Jack takes his father to dinner and a movie.
(d) Jack takes his father to minor league baseball games.

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

4. In a flashback, what does the author reveal about Jack's father?
(a) Jack's father was a homosexual.
(b) Jack's father had multiple affairs.
(c) Jack's father left his family with no explanation.
(d) Jack's father never got his law degree.

5. How can Willie be confident in his position?
(a) He knows how to campaign better than anyone in the state.
(b) He has helped the people in the state more than anyone else who has ever held the office.
(c) He can blackmail anyone he needs to in order to secure his position.
(d) He has the loyalty of the people all over the state.