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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Uga?
(a) Sonny Seiler's mother-in-law
(b) Williams' former cell mate
(c) Danny Hansford's mother
(d) The University of Georgia bulldog mascot

2. How does the author describe Savannah?
(a) Closed off from the rest of the world
(b) A great city for artists
(c) Struggling with a crime problem
(d) The most romantic city in America

3. Who is the black woman Joe hires to give tours of the house?
(a) Chablis
(b) Gloria
(c) Minerva
(d) Emma

4. What allows Savannahians to flourish?
(a) Their culture
(b) Their location
(c) Their openness
(d) Their seclusion

5. What happens less than a month after Williams' Christmas party?
(a) Minerva drowns in the Savannah River
(b) Joe becomes the mayor of Savannah
(c) Williams dies of natural causes
(d) The narrator moves back to New York

6. Where does Minerva live?
(a) A trailer on the edge of Savannah
(b) A farmhouse outside of Augusta
(c) A shack on Tybee Island
(d) A little house in Beaufort, SC

7. What are Judge Oliver and Sonny Seiler primarily interested in?
(a) Stocks and bonds
(b) Bar Association meetings
(c) UGA football
(d) Gin and tonics

8. With whom does the narrator watch the parade?
(a) Minerva
(b) Jim Williams
(c) Sonny Seiler
(d) Joe Odom

9. What is at the core of all of Savannah's problems?
(a) People drink too much alcohol
(b) The politicians are all crooked
(c) Its isolation from the rest of the world
(d) Its refusal to change with the times

10. Who is not invited to the event but crashes it anyway?
(a) Mrs. Williams
(b) Minerva
(c) Serena Dawes
(d) Chablis

11. Who is Williams' new attorney?
(a) Clayton Boudoin
(b) John MacKenzie
(c) Harry Shaw
(d) Sonny Seiler

12. What does Minerva tell Williams?
(a) Danny is trying to work against him
(b) Williams has only five more years to live
(c) Danny forgives Williams for shooting him
(d) She needs more money to continue working for Williams

13. Williams goes back to his _________________________.
(a) Law firm
(b) Hometown
(c) Accounting firm
(d) Antiques business

14. What does the answer to #142 do to embarrass the narrator?
(a) Gets into a fight
(b) Dances too provocatively
(c) Drinks too much
(d) Mentions her white boyfriend

15. Why is the answer to #142 not invited to the event?
(a) Fear that she will be an embarrassment
(b) She does not know how to dance
(c) She always drinks too much
(d) There are already too many women on the guest list

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Williams, his mother and sister doing as they wait for the jury's verdict?

2. What plant does Minerva need to counteract Danny's work against Williams?

3. What does the author say that Savannah has little of?

4. Why are Savannah residents unhappy with the local art college?

5. How long does the jury deliberate?

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