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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. How does Meridian think that Truman grieves?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He writes.
(c) He gets drunk.
(d) He does drugs.

2. Who was Meridian's great-grandmother?
(a) Feather Mae.
(b) Moonflower Hill.
(c) Sadie Miller.
(d) Judith Fasnaught.

3. Meridian and Anne-Marion get involved in what type of procession?
(a) An anti-war march.
(b) A Civil Rights march.
(c) The Wild Child's funeral.
(d) A homecoming parade.

4. Why do the girls at the college riot?
(a) They are protesting the appointment of the new Dean of Girls.
(b) They want co-ed dorms.
(c) The National Guard has been posted at classrooms.
(d) They are prevented from having the Wild Child's funeral there.

5. What happens to a house in Meridian's neighborhood one night?
(a) It is demolished.
(b) It is renovated.
(c) It is firebombed.
(d) It is hit by a tornado.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Sacred Serpent?

2. Meridian's mother feels that her children took away her _______________.

3. During what decade does the story take place?

4. What is Meridian's father doing when she visits him?

5. In what state is the town of Chicokema?

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