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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 with Williams' second trial verdict?

2. What is the outcome of Williams' second trial?

3. What is Williams assured of?

4. With whom does the narrator watch the parade?

5. What event does the narrator attend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Savannah described in Chapter 30?

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

3. What is the Garden of Good and Evil?

4. What prompts Joe Odom to issue a veiled threat to the narrator about the narrator's presence in Savannah?

5. What happens after Jim is taken to jail?

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

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

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

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

10. What is the Black Debutante Ball?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Jim Williams and Joe Odom. How are they similar? How are they dissimilar? How do they each manage to survive in Savannah society?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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