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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of a huge magnolia tree at the college?
(a) The Sojourner.
(b) Mother's Tears.
(c) The Gatekeeper.
(d) Maggie.

2. How does Meridian think that Truman grieves?
(a) He does drugs.
(b) He runs away.
(c) He writes.
(d) He gets drunk.

3. Who is Anne-Marion?
(a) Meridian's college roommate.
(b) Meridian's daughter.
(c) Meridian's neighbor.
(d) Meridian's sister.

4. What does the boy in #47 do when he learns Meridian is pregnant?
(a) He denies it.
(b) He marries her.
(c) He gives her abortion money.
(d) He calls her a whore.

5. Who is Truman's wife?
(a) Sadie.
(b) Lynne.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Bridget.

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

7. What physical problems does Meridian begin to suffer?
(a) Joint pain.
(b) Backaches.
(c) Headaches and nightmares.
(d) Nausea and vomiting.

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

9. Meridian tells Truman that he looks like ______________.
(a) Clarence Thomas.
(b) Death warmed over.
(c) Che Guevara.
(d) Sammy Davis Jr.

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

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

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

13. Who is Tommy Odds?
(a) A Civil Rights worker.
(b) A mechanic.
(c) A professor.
(d) A televangelist.

14. 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(d) She is obsolete.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did George Daxter give Meridian in exchange for sexual favors?

4. What does Truman tell Meridian that makes her hit him?

5. What is Truman's daughter's name?

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