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

2. Meridian tells Truman that he looks like ______________.
(a) Clarence Thomas.
(b) Death warmed over.
(c) Sammy Davis Jr.
(d) Che Guevara.

3. What is the only thing Truman finds in Meridian's house?
(a) Couch.
(b) Sleeping bag.
(c) Ironing board.
(d) Coffee pot.

4. What did Meridian's mother consider her children to be?
(a) A gift.
(b) A delight.
(c) A burden.
(d) A destiny.

5. Who is Anne-Marion?
(a) Meridian's college roommate.
(b) Meridian's sister.
(c) Meridian's neighbor.
(d) Meridian's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the girls at the college riot?

2. Who was Fast Mary of the Tower?

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

4. What was Meridian's mother's profession?

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

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