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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. Why is Joe Odom becoming increasingly unpopular in Savannah?
(a) Loud music
(b) Alcoholism
(c) A failed real estate deal
(d) Parking violations

2. Who is the bartender with a criminal record working at Emma's bar?
(a) Lady Chablis
(b) Minerva
(c) Danny Hansford
(d) Moon Tompkins

3. What does Chablis argue with her boss about?
(a) Payment
(b) Costumes
(c) Billing
(d) Schedules

4. What is the news that is shocking all of Savannah?
(a) A hurricane is headed to Savannah
(b) Jim Williams is charged with killing Danny Hansford
(c) Lee Adler has been shot by a black tenant
(d) Luther has poisoned Savannah's water supply

5. What is the narrator's profession?
(a) Attorney
(b) Magazine writer and editor
(c) Land developer
(d) Travel Agent

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Joe and Many evicted from the house they've been living in?

2. Who is Serena Dawes?

3. Who called Savannah "the most desegregated city in the South?"

4. What does Joe do for money?

5. Who is the District Attorney?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Chablis call the narrator?

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

3. Who is Emma Kelly?

4. Describe Jim's mother.

5. Why do Corinne and Danny go to Bonaventure Cemetery?

6. Why is Luther known as "the inventor?"

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

8. What is the setting for the novel?

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

10. Who is Jim Williams?

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