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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Truman Held: Truman and Lynne: Time in the South, Of Bitches and Wives, and The New York Times.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Tommy Odds?
(a) A professor.
(b) A mechanic.
(c) A Civil Rights worker.
(d) A televangelist.

2. Meridian's mother feels that her children took away her _______________.
(a) Anger.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Rights.

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

4. For what does Tommy blame Lynne?
(a) For being white.
(b) For calling him nigger.
(c) For being rich.
(d) For graduating college.

5. What happens to Tommy Odds while coming out of a church?
(a) He is shot in the arm.
(b) He suffers a heart attack.
(c) He falls down some steps.
(d) He is struck by lightning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color light does Meridian begin to see?

2. How old was the Wild Child when Meridian met her?

3. What does Anne-Marion notice about Meridian one day?

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

5. With whom does Meridian's father share much compassion because of their plight?

(see the answer key)

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