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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are Savannah residents unhappy with the local art college?
(a) The campus is not maintained
(b) It breeds liberally-minded students
(c) The tuition keeps rising
(d) It draws too many out -of-state students

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

4. What is the state of relations between blacks and whites in Savannah?
(a) It is discouraging
(b) There are constant riots
(c) There is no racial problem
(d) It is better than it has ever been

5. What is the source of Sonny Seiler's discomfort at the upcoming trial?
(a) Williams is running out of money
(b) The issue of the lack of gunpowder residue on Danny's hands
(c) Williams' homosexuality has engendered negative feelings
(d) Minervan is an unsettling presence in the courtroom

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Minverva refuse to testify?

2. What makes the narrator real in the end?

3. What does Williams do from jail?

4. Where does Minerva live?

5. Who is Minerva?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Minerva.

2. What happens a few weeks after Jim's Christmas party?

3. Describe Uga.

4. How does Jim's mother behave during Jim's incarceration?

5. What are the implications of homosexuality in Jim's trial?

6. Describe Judge Oliver's behavior in court to show his boredom with the case.

7. What prompts Joe Odom to issue a veiled threat to the narrator about the narrator's presence in Savannah?

8. What is the Garden of Good and Evil?

9. How does Bobby Cook get Jim a new trial?

10. What seems to ease Mrs. Williams' mind about the rumors of Jim's homosexuality?

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