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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Willie Stark's wife?
(a) Lucille
(b) Anne
(c) Lucy
(d) Marie

2. In what year does Willie first run for governor?
(a) 1930
(b) 1922
(c) 1926
(d) 1934

3. Where is Wille Stark's home town?
(a) Mason City
(b) Memphis
(c) Baton Rouge
(d) Biloxi

4. What happens during a fire drill at the school two years after it is constructed?
(a) The fire drill is actually a real fire and most of the children are overcome with smoke.
(b) The brickwork collapses causing the deaths of three children and serious injury to a dozen more.
(c) The students and teachers are locked in the building.
(d) Someone pulls the fire alarm as a prank and is suspended for three weeks.

5. What two major political factions run the state?
(a) The Burke faction and the Stark faction
(b) The Stark faction and the Burden faction
(c) The Harrison faction and the MacMurfee faction
(d) The Irwin faction and the Stanton faction

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Willie Stark's job when Jack Burden first meets him?

2. What does the answer to #45 reveal to Willie?

3. What does Willie want of Judge Irwin?

4. Where do Willie and Jack go after leaving Judge Irwin?

5. In what year does the story begin?

(see the answer key)

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