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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. What has a traveling circus brought to town?
(a) The world's tallest man.
(b) A two-headed duck.
(c) The world's fattest woman.
(d) A mummy.

2. Under what kind of tree does Meridian bury the object in #34?
(a) Pine.
(b) Magnolia.
(c) Peach.
(d) Oak.

3. Where do Meridian and Anne-Marion live at the university?
(a) An apartment.
(b) A dorm.
(c) The honors house.
(d) A sorority house.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Truman's last name?

2. What question does Meridian's mother ask her when Meridian tells her she has a feeling she can't shake?

3. Who is Truman's wife?

4. During what decade does the story take place?

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

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