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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 is homosexuality perceived in Savannah?
(a) It is taboo
(b) It is no big deal
(c) It is fun
(d) It is a sin

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

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

4. Where does Joe get the money to pay traffic tickets?
(a) The narrator
(b) His girlfriend's purse
(c) The cash register at Sweet Georgia Brown's
(d) His house tours fund

5. What bad news does Williams face?
(a) He has no more phone privileges
(b) The judge has denied his appeal for a new trial
(c) His antiques shop was vandalized
(d) His mother has cancer

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the nurse that Sonny Seiler calls to testify at the third trial?

2. Jim Williams uses his money to get his way while Joe Odom uses his _______________.

3. What is Williams assured of?

4. What does Williams tell the truth about the night Danny Hansford died?

5. Who is Minerva?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jim tell the narrator about the night Danny was killed?

2. How does Jim spend his time while incarcerated?

3. What fact does Sonny use to Jim's benefit to speed up the trial?

4. How is Savannah described in Chapter 30?

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

6. What is Jim's situation at the end of Chapter 25?

7. What is the Garden of Good and Evil?

8. What is the Black Debutante Ball?

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

10. What is the verdict in Jim's third trial?

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