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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. What happens at the end of the trial?

2. How much does Joe make from the tours each week?

3. What is Williams' continuing demeanor about his case?

4. What are Savannahians most concerned with preserving?

5. In whose involvement of the case does Williams show more interest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do Jim and Minerva visit Danny's grave?

5. What is the Garden of Good and Evil?

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. What is the narrator's opinion of Savannah's unique qualities?

9. What is the Black Debutante Ball?

10. What is the result of the trial?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many times throughout the story the author symbolically tells the reader that things are not always as they appear. Give examples of these instances and explain their significance to the story.

Essay Topic 2

What element of society is represented by Danny Hansford? What is the author's message about the implications of trying to blend social classes? What is Savannah's perception of Danny both before and after his death?

Essay Topic 3

Savannah seems to be a city of contrasts in that it tolerates eccentrics like men who wear eye shadow and walk invisible dogs to intolerance for homosexuals and unmarried women. Explain the nature of Savannah's culture that allows some behaviors to thrive unnoticed and some which are usually considered to be normal to be considered offensive.

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