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C. Troup

D. Union

2. Residents in what metro Atlanta city are protesting a crematorium being built near homes?

A. Newnan

B. Holly Springs

C. Woodstock

D. Alpharetta

3. Suspended DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis was given a sentence of how much time including prison and probation?

A. 3 years

B. 5 years

C. 8 years

D. 15 years

4. The death of the first black elected commissioner in what county has reheated the debate over that county’s voting system?

A. Fayette

B. Cherokee

C. Paulding

D. Henry

5. The sequel to what classic Southern novel was unearthed after 55 years and has just been published?

A. “The Invisible Man”

B. “To Kill A Mockingbird”

C. “Absalom, Absalom!”

D. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”

Answers:

1. D. A Georgia chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in Union County argued before an appeals court in Atlanta that the white supremacy group should be allowed to pick up trash along a North Georgia road. The Georgia Court of Appeals will now take a few months to decide whether the state of Georgia violated the International Keystone Knights of the KKK Realm of Georgia’s constitutional right of free speech by refusing to allow it to participate in the highway cleanup program.

2. C. Residents of the Towne Lake area of Woodstock started a campaign recently after County Commissioner Brian Poole announced plans for a funeral home and crematorium near a heavily residential area. Poole said he’ll scout another location for the crematory part of the business.

3. B. On July 8, Burrell Ellis was given a sentence of five years for attempted extortion and perjury. He will serve 18 months in prison plus 3 1/2 years on probation. While he is almost certain to appeal, he is now a felon. He will lose his license to practice law, and some speculate that his political career is over.

4. A. It took a federal court order to get the first black county-level official elected in Fayette County. That historic moment was upended recently with the death from cancer of 57-year-old Commissioner Pota Coston, after only six months in office. Now leaders in the predominantly white county find themselves in a political quandary: how to replace the first black commissioner while fighting the court order that led to her election in the first place.

5. B. “Go Set A Watchman” takes place 20 years after “To Kill A Mockingbird” and is now in stores and libraries throughout the world. The revelation that a sequel existed shocked both the publishing industry and the legions of Harper Lee fans who had long ago given up hope that they’d ever read a new work by Lee, the 88-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner.