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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 Williams' mother believe about him?
(a) He probably did kill Danny
(b) He is being singled out because of his social standing
(c) He will never survive jail
(d) He is too good to other people

2. What is the financial health of Emma's bar?
(a) It is so bad that the bar will be closing next week
(b) It is thriving because of weekend business
(c) It is suffering despite large crowds
(d) It is holding its own and Emma and Joe are hopeful

3. What is the amount of Williams' bond?
(a) $250,000
(b) $25,000
(c) $100,000
(d) $10,000

4. Where does Chablis work?
(a) A strip joint
(b) The lounge at the Holiday Inn
(c) Emma's bar
(d) A gay bar called the Pickup

5. How does Williams describe his guests?
(a) Wealthy and prominent
(b) Middle class
(c) Blood-suckers
(d) Hangers-on

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the dog?

2. Where does Emma attend church?

3. What is the city's most famous cemetery?

4. Who is the elderly black man entrusted to walk his employer's dog?

5. What is unusual about the salesman in a junk shop where the narrator shops?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting for the novel?

2. What does Jim say about the guests who attend his Christmas party this year?

3. Where do Joe and his girlfriend, Mandy, go after they are evicted for not paying rent?

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

5. Who are Jim's attorneys?

6. Who is Jim Williams?

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

8. What role does alcohol play in Savannah?

9. What surprises Joe about the bartender at their club taking money?

10. What is the relationship between Corinne and Danny?

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