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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. The narrator says Savannah is full of ___________________________________________.

2. To what does Jim invite the answer to #56 each year?

3. What is the amount of Williams' bond?

4. What does Moon Tompkins do?

5. Where do Danny and Corinne have sex?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator develop a fascination with Savannah?

2. Who is Chablis?

3. What rules does Joe give the narrator for surviving in Savannah?

4. What is interesting about William Glover?

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

6. Describe Jim's mother.

7. What is the relationship between Corinne and Danny?

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

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

10. What is the nature of Joe's court appearance?

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

Martin Luther King, Jr. once referred to Savannah as the "most desegregated city in the South." What did he mean by this phrase? What is the state of black and white relations in the book? Explain whether King's statement is still true based on the book's events.

Essay Topic 3

What does Danny Hansford symbolize in Savannah society? What is his relationship with Jim Williams? Is it unfeasible for either one of them to believe that they could have any type of relationship given the chasm between their places in society?

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