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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Meridian: Indians and Ecstasy, English Walnuts, and The Happy Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old was the Wild Child when Meridian met her?
(a) 7.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 19.

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

5. What is a central part of Meridian's experience?
(a) School.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Theater.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the government eventually do with Meridian's father's farm?

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

3. What did Meridian bury underneath a tree when she was seven?

4. In what state is the town of Chicokema?

5. What did Anne-Marion do to make the Dean of Women so angry?

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