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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Meridian bury underneath a tree when she was seven?
(a) A box of shiny stones.
(b) A diary.
(c) A doll.
(d) A bar of gold.

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

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

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

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

6. Why is Truman perplexed by Meridian's reactions to him?
(a) She does not remember him.
(b) She still loves him.
(c) She is no longer interested in him.
(d) She kicks him out of her house.

7. Who was Truman's daughter?
(a) Tamara.
(b) Camara.
(c) Marquette.
(d) Tangelo.

8. What does Truman feel he has done by marrying Lynne?
(a) Married beneath his class.
(b) Settled.
(c) Betrayed his race.
(d) Rushed into something.

9. What does Anne-Marion tell Meridian when she leaves her?
(a) She is beautiful.
(b) She is a drag.
(c) She is inspired.
(d) She is obsolete.

10. What happens to Meridian's baby?
(a) He is in foster care.
(b) He dies.
(c) Her mother takes him.
(d) She gives him away.

11. To whom does Meridian's father give the deed for his small farm?
(a) Meridian.
(b) His church.
(c) The government.
(d) Walter Longknife.

12. When does Truman next visit Meridian?
(a) At the college reunion.
(b) Three years after his marriage to Lynne.
(c) When her mother dies.
(d) On Christmas Eve.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the father of Meridian's child?

2. What was the woman in #24 in charge of overseeing on the Saxon plantation?

3. How does Meridian feel after her baby is born?

4. What is a central part of Meridian's experience?

5. What happens to Tommy Odds while coming out of a church?

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