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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Meridian's mother feels that her children took away her _______________.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Rights.
(c) Anger.
(d) Intelligence.

4. In what language does Truman introduce himself when he meets Meridian?
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) Italian.

5. How does Meridian feel when she learns she is pregnant?
(a) She is happy.
(b) She is shocked.
(c) She is scared.
(d) She is sad.

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

7. Why do the girls at the college riot?
(a) They are prevented from having the Wild Child's funeral there.
(b) The National Guard has been posted at classrooms.
(c) They are protesting the appointment of the new Dean of Girls.
(d) They want co-ed dorms.

8. Meridian's mother believes that going to church will ___________________.
(a) Make her better than everyone else.
(b) Bring her to good.
(c) Get her into heaven.
(d) Make her humble.

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

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

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

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

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

14. What did Anne-Marion do to make the Dean of Women so angry?
(a) She led a strike of cafeteria workers.
(b) She smoked in the classroom.
(c) She cut off her hair.
(d) She had a boy in her dorm room.

15. What did George Daxter give Meridian in exchange for sexual favors?
(a) Flowers.
(b) New clothes.
(c) Movie tickets.
(d) Candy and money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Meridian bury underneath a tree when she was seven?

3. Who does Meridian date while at Saxon?

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

5. To whom does Meridian's father give the deed for his small farm?

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