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

2. What does Meridian's mother feel about the teachers who teach her children?
(a) She dislikes them.
(b) She envies them.
(c) She likes them.
(d) She pities them.

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

4. In what year do Lynne and Truman arrive at the state in #94?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1964.

5. Why does Tommy Odds berate Truman?
(a) For being with a white woman.
(b) For not marrying Meridian.
(c) For dropping out of college.
(d) For being a coward.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which body part does Tommy Odds lose?

2. For whom did Meridian's father mourn?

3. How does Meridian think that Truman grieves?

4. What happens to Tommy Odds while coming out of a church?

5. What was the woman in #24 in charge of overseeing on the Saxon plantation?

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