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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who works the party in a maid's uniform?
(a) Minverva
(b) Chablis
(c) Mrs. Williams
(d) Mandy

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

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

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

6. According to Williams, what was Danny's demeanor on the night of the murder?
(a) Sleepy and lethargic
(b) Confused and dazed
(c) Volatile and angry
(d) Calm and collected

7. Who is still going to work on Williams' behalf?
(a) Mrs. Williams
(b) Minerva
(c) Judge Oliver
(d) Sonny Seiler

8. What is the outcome of Williams' second trial?
(a) There is another mistrial
(b) He is found guilty of murder
(c) He is found innocent of murder
(d) The case is thrown out

9. Who is Danny Hansford's mother?
(a) Elaine Bowen
(b) Emily Bannister
(c) Emma Reardon
(d) Elise Buchanan

10. How does Minerva make her living?
(a) She is a chiropractor
(b) She communicates with the dead
(c) She sells Mary Kay cosmetics
(d) She is a nurse

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

12. What does Williams want Minerva to do?
(a) Tell his fortune
(b) Put a curse on Lawton
(c) Stop communicating with Danny
(d) Put a curse on Judge Oliver

13. Who is Minerva?
(a) The mistress of a deceased root doctor
(b) Williams' aunt
(c) Williams' housekeeper
(d) Luther Driggers' sister

14. What is Williams' demeanor regarding his case?
(a) Unconcerned
(b) Anxious
(c) Guilty
(d) Frantic

15. What does Williams call his black cellmates?
(a) His homeys
(b) The noirs
(c) Niggers
(d) The colored

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Williams assured of?

2. How does the author describe Savannah?

3. What does Williams avoid admitting to himself?

4. What happens with Williams' fourth trial?

5. What does the answer to #142 do to embarrass the narrator?

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