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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. What does the author say that Savannah has little of?
(a) Technology companies
(b) Nightlife
(c) Historic preservation
(d) Long-term vision

2. What is Jim's complaint after he returns to Mercer House?
(a) His mother has rearranged the furniture
(b) The media attention is too much
(c) The grounds need much attention
(d) His housekeeper has been inattentive

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the verdict reached by the jury?

2. How does the author describe Savannah?

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

4. Williams is angered about police and public treatment of ______________________.

5. What are Savannahians most concerned with preserving?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Jim is taken to jail?

2. What is the result of the trial?

3. What does Jim plan for his mother while he is incarcerated?

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

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

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

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

8. How is Savannah described in Chapter 30?

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

10. Why does Joe get in trouble for giving tours of the Hamilton-Turner House where he is residing?

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