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

2. Who is the enemy that Williams likes to keep close?
(a) Luther Driggers
(b) Sonny Seiler
(c) The narrator
(d) Lee Adler

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

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

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. What is the amount of Williams' bond?

2. Of what does Mandy accuse Joe Odom?

3. After two days of deliberation, the jury is still split _____________ in favor of Williams' conviction.

4. Mrs. Williams asks a party guest about Williams' _____________________.

5. What is the state of relations between blacks and whites in Savannah?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the circumstances of Jim's fourth trial?

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

3. What is the nature of the bad news facing Jim in Chapter 24?

4. What is the outcome of Jim's second trial?

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

6. What is Joe's opinion about Jim's prospects?

7. What is the Black Debutante Ball?

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

9. Describe Uga.

10. How does Chapter 27 begin?

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