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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ending: Atonement: Later in the Same Life, Settling Accounts, and Release.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Meridian do when she realizes she is pregnant with Truman's child?
(a) She has an abortion.
(b) She gives the baby up for adoption.
(c) She gives the baby to her mother.
(d) They get married.

2. What is noticeable about Meridian's appearance at this point in the story?
(a) She walks with a limp.
(b) Her hair is white.
(c) Her hair is growing back in.
(d) She is stooped.

3. What is Meridian's father doing when she visits him?
(a) Building a chair.
(b) Examining a map.
(c) Grading papers.
(d) Taking a nap.

4. Why did the woman have to go back to her husband after she left him?
(a) He got sick and needed her.
(b) She couldn't care for her kids on her own.
(c) He threatened to kill her if she didn't.
(d) She loved him too much to stay away.

5. Where is Meridian in "Free at Last?"
(a) Detroit.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Miami.

Short Answer Questions

1. Meridian tells Truman that he looks like ______________.

2. At what kind of factory did the man used to work?

3. Why do the girls at the college riot?

4. What does the government eventually do with Meridian's father's farm?

5. What dish has the man prepared for his sick wife?

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