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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Williams take to Williams in jail?
(a) Some clean underwear
(b) A cake with a file in it
(c) A Polaroid picture of the party guests
(d) Some cookies

2. What happens with Williams' fourth trial?
(a) He is convicted
(b) It is considered a mistrial
(c) He is sentenced to death
(d) He is exonerated

3. What does Williams avoid admitting to himself?
(a) That he may have killed Danny
(b) That his antiques business is failing
(c) That his mother is terminally ill
(d) That he is still in jail

4. What is the nature of the call for a new trial?
(a) The crime scene was contaminated
(b) New evidence has come to light
(c) One of the jurors lied about his relationship with Williams
(d) A police report had pertinent information whited out

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

6. What is the name of the cell Williams inhabits?
(a) The Pit
(b) Last Chance
(c) The Pod
(d) Solitary

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

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

9. What is Joe Odom's opinion of Danny Hansford's murder?
(a) It was self defense
(b) It was not premeditated
(c) It was committed by someone other than Williams
(d) It was planned

10. What does Mrs. Williams do every week in anticipation of her son's release?
(a) Plans a party
(b) Changes the bedding
(c) Cooks his favorite meal
(d) Bakes a cake

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

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

13. What does Williams plan for the first time in eight years?
(a) A birthday party for his mother
(b) A quiet evening at home
(c) A Fourth of July block party
(d) His Christmas party

14. What makes the narrator real in the end?
(a) His published e-mail address
(b) His opinions of Savannah
(c) His published resume
(d) A picture at the end of the chapter

15. Who does Williams invite to Mercer House?
(a) The narrator
(b) Judge Oliver
(c) Sonny Seiler
(d) Luther Driggers

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is still going to work on Williams' behalf?

2. Who is Minerva?

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

4. How does the author describe Savannah?

5. What is Williams' continuing demeanor about his case?

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