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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives in the house next door?

2. What does Corinne call Danny?

3. Who is the District Attorney?

4. What is the financial health of Emma's bar?

5. What is Williams' mother's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of Joe's court appearance?

2. Who is Joe Odom?

3. What are Joe Odom's plans after Moon Tompkins steals the money from Emma's?

4. Why is Joe Odom becoming increasingly unpopular in Savannah?

5. Who is Chablis?

6. What is the Married Woman's Card Club?

7. What is the relationship between Jim Williams and Lee and Emma Adler?

8. What is Jim's explanation of the murder?

9. What do the police find when they arrive at Jim's home on the night of the murder?

10. What is the setting for the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the author's purpose for including the character of Chablis? What does Chablis represent? How does Chablis stand out in a city filled with eccentrics? Why is the narrator strangely befriended by Chablis?

Essay Topic 2

What does Danny Hansford symbolize in Savannah society? What is his relationship with Jim Williams? Is it unfeasible for either one of them to believe that they could have any type of relationship given the chasm between their places in society?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters is lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

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