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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Truman Held: Visits, Lynne, and Tommy Odds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Meridian's father doing when she visits him?
(a) Examining a map.
(b) Building a chair.
(c) Taking a nap.
(d) Grading papers.

2. Why do the girls at the college riot?
(a) They want co-ed dorms.
(b) The National Guard has been posted at classrooms.
(c) They are prevented from having the Wild Child's funeral there.
(d) They are protesting the appointment of the new Dean of Girls.

3. What is the topic of some of the poetry Lynne writes?
(a) Gentleness in the Revolution.
(b) Saving the environment.
(c) Old lovers.
(d) The forces of nature.

4. Who was Meridian's great-grandmother?
(a) Feather Mae.
(b) Sadie Miller.
(c) Moonflower Hill.
(d) Judith Fasnaught.

5. Who does Lynne say are the only people who ever loved her?
(a) The poorest black people.
(b) Her sisters.
(c) Her childhood friends.
(d) Her daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is notable about Meridian's appearance at this time?

2. What has Meridian's mother never done?

3. For what does Tommy blame Lynne?

4. Meridian's mother feels that her children took away her _______________.

5. Lynne views the black people of the South as ____________.

(see the answer key)

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