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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Civil Rights workers go on a protest march against segregated ________________.
(a) Schools.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Hospitals.
(d) Churches.

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

3. What has Meridian's mother never done?
(a) Stayed in a hotel.
(b) Traveled outside the state.
(c) Voted.
(d) Had a cocktail.

4. What did Meridian's mother consider her children to be?
(a) A delight.
(b) A destiny.
(c) A gift.
(d) A burden.

5. Who is the white exchange student who canvasses with Meridian, asking people to vote?
(a) Sadie Murray.
(b) Emily Turterro.
(c) Cecile Gonzalez.
(d) Lynne Rabinowitz.

6. 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.

7. Who was the woman who planted the large magnolia tree?
(a) Louvinie.
(b) Lorraine.
(c) Lovie.
(d) Laurette.

8. What is a woman doing in the town square of Chicokema?
(a) Performing in mime.
(b) Staring down the town's tank.
(c) Sunbathing nude.
(d) Dancing in the fountain.

9. Meridian's mother says that only _____________ wouldn't want her own baby.
(a) A slut.
(b) A psychotic.
(c) A narcissist.
(d) A monster.

10. What is Meridian's response to whether she believes in God.
(a) She does not believe in God.
(b) She believes in God most of the time.
(c) She most definitely believes in God.
(d) She doesn't know if she believes in God.

11. Under what kind of tree does Meridian bury the object in #34?
(a) Peach.
(b) Magnolia.
(c) Pine.
(d) Oak.

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

13. What does Truman tell Meridian that makes her hit him?
(a) She should have his babies.
(b) She is getting fat.
(c) He is marrying Lynne.
(d) She is too black for him.

14. What was Meridian unable to believe existed during her childhood?
(a) Santa Claus.
(b) Tooth Fairy.
(c) Easter Bunny.
(d) God.

15. From what state do three Civil Rights workers disappear?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Meridian and Anne-Marion hate?

2. What happens to people in the serpent mound's tail?

3. Meridian's mother's demeanor can be characterized as ____________.

4. What does Truman feel he has done by marrying Lynne?

5. With whom does Meridian's father share much compassion because of their plight?

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