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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Meridian: Indians and Ecstasy, English Walnuts, and The Happy Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Meridian think that Truman grieves?
(a) He gets drunk.
(b) He writes.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He does drugs.

2. What was the woman in #24 in charge of overseeing on the Saxon plantation?
(a) The bakery.
(b) The butcher shop.
(c) The brewery.
(d) The kitchen garden.

3. What is Truman's last name?
(a) McAfee.
(b) Hansen.
(c) Held.
(d) Miller.

4. What did Anne-Marion do to make the Dean of Women so angry?
(a) She cut off her hair.
(b) She smoked in the classroom.
(c) She had a boy in her dorm room.
(d) She led a strike of cafeteria workers.

5. Who is Truman's wife?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Bridget.
(c) Lynne.
(d) Sadie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a central part of Meridian's experience?

2. What was Meridian unable to believe existed during her childhood?

3. What did the woman in #24 bury beneath the big magnolia tree?

4. What happens to a house in Meridian's neighborhood one night?

5. What has a traveling circus brought to town?

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