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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Truman Held: Lynne and On Giving Him Back to His Own.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lynne's demeanor when she comes to visit Meridian?
(a) Compassionate.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Passive.

2. Meridian tells Truman that he looks like ______________.
(a) Che Guevara.
(b) Death warmed over.
(c) Sammy Davis Jr.
(d) Clarence Thomas.

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

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

5. Meridian's mother believes that going to church will ___________________.
(a) Get her into heaven.
(b) Make her humble.
(c) Make her better than everyone else.
(d) Bring her to good.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the boy in #47 do when he learns Meridian is pregnant?

3. Who does Lynne say are the only people who ever loved her?

4. What did the woman in #24 bury beneath the big magnolia tree?

5. Who was Truman's daughter?

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