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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Willie enter politics again?
(a) Willie runs for mayor during the next election.
(b) Willie is elected to the school board.
(c) Willie is appointed to his old position of county treasurer.
(d) He stumps for a congressional candidate who is running against the candidate who is a friend of Dolph Pillsbury's.

2. What is the subject of Jack's historical research project in Chapter 5?
(a) Civil War battlefields
(b) Revolutionary War munitions
(c) Judge Irwin's past
(d) World War I prisoner camps

3. What is the extent of Tom's injuries?
(a) His pelvis is crushed.
(b) One leg has been amputated.
(c) Both legs are broken.
(d) His spinal cord is crushed.

4. Cass and his brother, Gilbert, and sister, Lavinia, were born in poverty in what state?
(a) Alabama
(b) Tennessee
(c) Georgia
(d) Mississippi

5. When Jack returns to his office, he finds that ______________________________ have been begun for State Auditor, Byram B. White.
(a) Birthday celebration
(b) Anniversary plans
(c) Reelection plans
(d) Impeachment proceedings

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary technique does the author use to take the story back in time again?

2. What does Gummy want from Adam?

3. Where does Annabelle take Phebe to be sold?

4. Who is Willie Stark's wife?

5. What does Willie want for his son, Tom?

(see the answer key)

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