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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Meridian's friend who also got pregnant at the age of 14?
(a) Janelle.
(b) Gemma.
(c) Nelda.
(d) Sadie.

2. What job does Meridian get?
(a) Cook.
(b) Waitress.
(c) Receptionist.
(d) Typist.

3. Who was Fast Mary of the Tower?
(a) A college track star.
(b) A girl who killed her baby at college.
(c) A girl who entered college as a junior.
(d) Mary, Queen of Scots.

4. What does the government eventually do with Meridian's father's farm?
(a) Turns it into a landfill.
(b) Creates a living history museum.
(c) Makes it a public park.
(d) Digs it up to make a lake.

5. What do Truman and Lynne do in the evenings?
(a) Work in the yard.
(b) Volunteer at the hospital.
(c) Watch movies.
(d) Ride on a motorcycle.

6. In what language does Truman introduce himself when he meets Meridian?
(a) English.
(b) Italian.
(c) German.
(d) French.

7. When does Meridian realize she has a feeling of love for Truman?
(a) When he tries to teach her Spanish.
(b) When she is beaten and dragged to jail.
(c) When he cooks dinner for her.
(d) When he drives her home.

8. For what does Tommy blame Lynne?
(a) For being rich.
(b) For being white.
(c) For calling him nigger.
(d) For graduating college.

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

10. Who collapses after taking the children to see the exhibit at the circus?
(a) Meridian.
(b) Truman.
(c) Sadie.
(d) Marchelle.

11. What did George Daxter give Meridian in exchange for sexual favors?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Candy and money.
(c) Movie tickets.
(d) New clothes.

12. Meridian has a spell of _______________.
(a) Blindness.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Theatrics.
(d) Industriousness.

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

14. Which body part does Tommy Odds lose?
(a) Ear.
(b) Foot.
(c) Leg.
(d) Arm.

15. Who is the father of Meridian's child?
(a) Todd.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Duane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Meridian's mother feels that her children took away her _______________.

2. What has Meridian's mother never done?

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

4. Meridian tells Truman that he looks like ______________.

5. In what year do Lynne and Truman arrive at the state in #94?

(see the answer keys)

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