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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. Meridian's thoughts are compared to ______________.
(a) Clouds.
(b) Poison.
(c) Anchors.
(d) Rainbows.

2. How does Meridian feel when she learns she is pregnant?
(a) She is sad.
(b) She is shocked.
(c) She is scared.
(d) She is happy.

3. What did Meridian bury underneath a tree when she was seven?
(a) A diary.
(b) A doll.
(c) A box of shiny stones.
(d) A bar of gold.

4. Why does a doctor offer to tie Meridian's tubes?
(a) She is too young to keep getting pregnant.
(b) In exchange for sexual favors.
(c) She is too ill to have a child.
(d) To prevent disease.

5. What is Truman's last name?
(a) Held.
(b) Miller.
(c) Hansen.
(d) McAfee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Meridian visit her father in "Indians and Ecstasy?"

2. Where do Meridian and Anne-Marion live at the university?

3. What is Lynne doing with the black children at the beginning of this section?

4. The Civil Rights workers go on a protest march against segregated ________________.

5. What is Meridian's baby's name?

(see the answer key)

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