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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Willie's wife's profession?
(a) Secretary
(b) School teacher
(c) Court reporter
(d) Nurse
2. Where is Wille Stark's home town?
(a) Biloxi
(b) Baton Rouge
(c) Memphis
(d) Mason City
3. What does Jack think he can find to blackmail Judge Irwin?
(a) He knows the dirt about the Judge's divorce.
(b) He does not think he can find anything.
(c) He knows that the Judge has an illegitimate child.
(d) He knows that the Judge has money in Cayman banks.
4. What kinds of stories are surfacing at the newspaper office, The Chronicle?
(a) Stories about corruption in county courthouses
(b) Stories about segregation
(c) Stories about prohibition
(d) Stories about environmental issues
5. What happens during the next election for governor?
(a) Willie is elected.
(b) Willie declines to run.
(c) Will is soundly defeated.
(d) Willie runs but does not accept the position.
6. In what subject did Jack pursue his Ph.D. at the university?
(a) Literature
(b) Journalism
(c) Sociology
(d) History
7. What does Gilbert do after he runs away from home?
(a) He goes to California and starts a winery.
(b) He becomes a decorated Civil War general.
(c) He goes to Mississippi and becomes a wealthy cotton baron.
(d) He runs to Canada to hide out.
8. Why is the decision made to back Willie?
(a) To split the Irwin vote
(b) To split the MacMurfee vote
(c) To split the Harrison vote
(d) To split the Stanton vote
9. What does Cass learn from Gilbert?
(a) How to order wine in a restaurant
(b) How to ride a horse
(c) How to manage a plantation
(d) How to speak French
10. Where does Annabelle take Phebe to be sold?
(a) Louisville
(b) Lexington
(c) Paducah
(d) Owensboro
11. With what married woman did Cass become involved at Transylvania?
(a) Annabeth Jefferson
(b) Annabeth Lee
(c) Annabelle Trice
(d) Annabelle Lee
12. Who takes over as Jack's father after Jack's father leaves?
(a) Governor Stanton
(b) Mr. Stark
(c) Grandfather Burden
(d) Judge Irwin
13. Why does Willie lose when he runs for reelection?
(a) He does not have a good record on administering city tax dollars.
(b) The city commissioners start a rumor that the contractor Willie wanted, Jeffers, hired Negro workers.
(c) He does not have enough money to print campaign posters.
(d) He runs against the mayor's very popular son.
14. What do Willie and Jack do with Willie's father?
(a) They play cards.
(b) They go hunting.
(c) They eat dinner.
(d) They listen to the radio.
15. Willie Stark is known as ______________.
(a) The Big Guy
(b) The Boss
(c) The Man
(d) Colonel
Short Answer Questions
1. What two major political factions run the state?
2. What literary technique does the author use to take the story back in time again?
3. What does the answer to #45 reveal to Willie?
4. What does Willie want for his son, Tom?
5. What does Willie tell White after White accuses Willie of impunity?
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