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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Anne-Marion's religious beliefs?
(a) She is an atheist.
(b) She is Catholic.
(c) She is Jewish.
(d) She is Baptist.

2. Why does a doctor offer to tie Meridian's tubes?
(a) To prevent disease.
(b) In exchange for sexual favors.
(c) She is too ill to have a child.
(d) She is too young to keep getting pregnant.

3. What was the woman in #24 in charge of overseeing on the Saxon plantation?
(a) The butcher shop.
(b) The kitchen garden.
(c) The brewery.
(d) The bakery.

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

5. What does Meridian tell Truman about herself?
(a) She is sick.
(b) She is delirious.
(c) She is contagious.
(d) She is selfish.

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

7. What does Anne-Marion notice about Meridian one day?
(a) She is glowing.
(b) She is speaking in tongues.
(c) She is deaf.
(d) She is sweating profusely.

8. What college does Meridian have the opportunity to attend?
(a) Saxon College.
(b) Emory University.
(c) Hillman College.
(d) Duke University.

9. What restaurant do the black men patronize with Lynne and Truman?
(a) KFC.
(b) Soul Food Cafe.
(c) Aquarius Cafe.
(d) Moonflower Cafe.

10. What task does Meridian do at the Civil Rights office?
(a) Make phone calls.
(b) Hand out flyers.
(c) Make coffee.
(d) Type a petition.

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

12. What question does Meridian's mother ask her when Meridian tells her she has a feeling she can't shake?
(a) Are you in love.
(b) Are you pregnant.
(c) Have you stolen anything.
(d) Do you believe in God.

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

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

15. What happens to people in the serpent mound's tail?
(a) They experience ecstasy.
(b) They begin to cry.
(c) They can hear voices.
(d) They faint.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language does Truman introduce himself when he meets Meridian?

2. What has Meridian's mother never done?

3. Who is Truman's wife?

4. What is Meridian's response to whether she believes in God.

5. Who does Meridian tell about her marriage and child when she is at Saxon?

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