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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Meridian: Sojourner, Have You Stolen Anything?, and Gold.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Fast Mary of the Tower?
(a) A college track star.
(b) A girl who entered college as a junior.
(c) A girl who killed her baby at college.
(d) Mary, Queen of Scots.

2. What question does Meridian's mother ask her when Meridian tells her she has a feeling she can't shake?
(a) Do you believe in God.
(b) Are you pregnant.
(c) Have you stolen anything.
(d) Are you in love.

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

4. What is stuck on the walls of Meridian's house?
(a) Take-out menus.
(b) Posters.
(c) Letters and poems.
(d) Old gum.

5. What is a woman doing in the town square of Chicokema?
(a) Dancing in the fountain.
(b) Performing in mime.
(c) Staring down the town's tank.
(d) Sunbathing nude.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what decade does the story take place?

2. Why do the girls at the college riot?

3. For whom did Meridian's father mourn?

4. Who was the woman who planted the large magnolia tree?

5. What did Meridian's mother consider her children to be?

(see the answer key)

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