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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the story set?
(a) Charleston, South Carolina
(b) Savannah, Georgia
(c) Augusta, Georgia
(d) Atlanta, Georgia

2. Why does Minverva refuse to testify?
(a) She knows one of the jurors
(b) Her dead lover told her not to
(c) It is not a good day according to her tea leaves
(d) Danny told her not to

3. In spite of evidence to the contrary, what does the coroner think about Williams' innocence?
(a) Williams will burn in hell for what he did
(b) Williams clearly shot in self defense
(c) Williams must have had a house guest who shot Danny
(d) Williams did his civic duty by killing Danny

4. Why do most people at the party think Jim will be declared innocent?
(a) His witnesses to Danny's previous behavior
(b) His claim of self-defense
(c) His standing in society and his good lawyer
(d) His claim that the shooting was an accident

5. In whose involvement of the case does Williams show more interest?
(a) His attorney's
(b) His mother's
(c) The judge's
(d) Minerva's

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Minerva?

2. Why does Chablis make frequent trips to the doctor?

3. What happens with Williams' fourth trial?

4. How many more years pass before Williams' fourth trial begins?

5. Where does the narrator get a brief Civil War history of Savannah?

(see the answer key)

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