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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. Meridian has a feeling of ___________ that she can't shake.
(a) Guilt.
(b) Ennui.
(c) Euphoria.
(d) Sadness.

2. Who was the woman who planted the large magnolia tree?
(a) Louvinie.
(b) Lovie.
(c) Laurette.
(d) Lorraine.

3. What restaurant do the black men patronize with Lynne and Truman?
(a) Soul Food Cafe.
(b) Moonflower Cafe.
(c) Aquarius Cafe.
(d) KFC.

4. What did George Daxter give Meridian in exchange for sexual favors?
(a) New clothes.
(b) Movie tickets.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Candy and money.

5. Why does Meridian feel guilty about giving her baby away?
(a) She should have given it more time.
(b) She promised her mother she wouldn't.
(c) She knows she will want a child someday.
(d) Slave women had their children taken forcibly from them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the girls at the college riot?

2. Who was Meridian's great-grandmother?

3. What is the Sacred Serpent?

4. Of what does Tommy Odds particularly disapprove regarding white women in the Civil Rights movement?

5. Where do Meridian and Anne-Marion live at the university?

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