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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. What does Meridian achieve through her illness?
(a) Humility.
(b) Ecstasy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Futility.

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

3. What question does Meridian's mother ask her when Meridian tells her she has a feeling she can't shake?
(a) Are you pregnant.
(b) Do you believe in God.
(c) Are you in love.
(d) Have you stolen anything.

4. What is the name of a huge magnolia tree at the college?
(a) Mother's Tears.
(b) Maggie.
(c) The Gatekeeper.
(d) The Sojourner.

5. What did Anne-Marion do to make the Dean of Women so angry?
(a) She smoked in the classroom.
(b) She led a strike of cafeteria workers.
(c) She cut off her hair.
(d) She had a boy in her dorm room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Meridian's thoughts are compared to ______________.

2. In what state is the town of Chicokema?

3. What does Anne-Marion tell Meridian when she leaves her?

4. During what decade does the story take place?

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

(see the answer key)

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