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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does Mandy accuse Joe Odom?
(a) Forgery
(b) Adultery
(c) Abuse
(d) Murder

2. How many more years pass before Williams' fourth trial begins?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 1

3. What movie begins shooting outside Mercer House?
(a) Glory
(b) The Bourne Identity
(c) The Terminator
(d) The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

4. What does Williams' lawyer urge Williams to do?
(a) Admit his homosexual activity
(b) Give him more money
(c) Find more character witnesses
(d) Find another lawyer

5. If Williams' appeal fails, he will either transform Mercer House into a rehab center or ______________________________________________.
(a) A museum
(b) A library branch
(c) Blow it up so Danny's mother can't live there
(d) A homeless shelter

6. What is the verdict reached by the jury?
(a) Guilty of pre-meditated murder
(b) Not guilty
(c) Hung jury
(d) Guilty of manslaughter

7. What has Williams' attorney found that will help his case?
(a) New witnesses
(b) New jurors
(c) New crime scene photos
(d) New gunshot residue reports

8. What fee does Williams get for the use of Mercer House?
(a) $25,000
(b) $100,000
(c) $15,000
(d) $50,000

9. What does the prosecutor bring to light about Williams?
(a) He is racially prejudiced
(b) He used to pay Danny for sex
(c) He has an alcohol problem
(d) He is losing his business

10. What happens at the end of the trial?
(a) Williams' trial is called a mistrial
(b) Williams is convicted of murder
(c) Williams is exonerated
(d) Williams faints

11. What event does the narrator attend?
(a) The Knights of Columbus Fish Fry
(b) The Savannah Junior League Cotillion
(c) The Annual Black Debutante Ball
(d) The Chamber of Commerce Chili Supper

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

13. What does the author say that Savannah has little of?
(a) Technology companies
(b) Long-term vision
(c) Nightlife
(d) Historic preservation

14. To what does the nurse testify?
(a) Danny's head had been almost severed by a knife wound
(b) Danny's body had five shotgun wounds
(c) Danny's body had been cleaned before it arrived at the morgue
(d) Danny's hands had not been bagged when his body arrived at the morgue

15. What does Williams plan for his mother from his jail cell?
(a) A birthday party
(b) A homecoming party
(c) A Christmas party
(d) A ladies luncheon

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the enemy that Williams likes to keep close?

2. What does Williams plan for the first time in eight years?

3. Why does Minerva get angry at Danny's grave?

4. What does Williams want Minerva to do?

5. What are Savannahians most concerned with preserving?

(see the answer keys)

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