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

3. Who has Truman married?
(a) Meridian.
(b) Sadie.
(c) Lynne.
(d) Anne-Marion.

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

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

6. Why does Meridian feel guilty about giving her baby away?
(a) She knows she will want a child someday.
(b) Slave women had their children taken forcibly from them.
(c) She promised her mother she wouldn't.
(d) She should have given it more time.

7. Meridian's feelings of guilt are only abated by ________________.
(a) Meditation.
(b) Volunteer work.
(c) Police beatings.
(d) Going to Confession.

8. What kind of business did George Daxter own?
(a) Funeral home.
(b) Appliance store.
(c) Ice cream shop.
(d) Men's clothing store.

9. What does Meridian achieve through her illness?
(a) Anger.
(b) Humility.
(c) Futility.
(d) Ecstasy.

10. What did the woman in #24 bury beneath the big magnolia tree?
(a) Placenta.
(b) Rare documents.
(c) Her severed tongue.
(d) Gold coins.

11. What is stuck on the walls of Meridian's house?
(a) Letters and poems.
(b) Take-out menus.
(c) Old gum.
(d) Posters.

12. What color light does Meridian begin to see?
(a) Pink.
(b) Gold.
(c) Blue.
(d) Lavendar.

13. What is Meridian's last name?
(a) Hall.
(b) Simons.
(c) Hill.
(d) Jones.

14. What happens to a house in Meridian's neighborhood one night?
(a) It is hit by a tornado.
(b) It is firebombed.
(c) It is renovated.
(d) It is demolished.

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