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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. From what state do three Civil Rights workers disappear?
(a) Florida.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Arkansas.
2. What new name does Meridian give her baby?
(a) Rundi.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Truman.
(d) Isaiah.
3. What question does Meridian's mother ask her when Meridian tells her she has a feeling she can't shake?
(a) Do you believe in God.
(b) Are you pregnant.
(c) Have you stolen anything.
(d) Are you in love.
4. Who is Anne-Marion?
(a) Meridian's college roommate.
(b) Meridian's sister.
(c) Meridian's daughter.
(d) Meridian's neighbor.
5. Who is the white exchange student who canvasses with Meridian, asking people to vote?
(a) Sadie Murray.
(b) Lynne Rabinowitz.
(c) Cecile Gonzalez.
(d) Emily Turterro.
6. For what does Tommy blame Lynne?
(a) For graduating college.
(b) For being rich.
(c) For calling him nigger.
(d) For being white.
7. Why does a doctor offer to tie Meridian's tubes?
(a) To prevent disease.
(b) She is too ill to have a child.
(c) In exchange for sexual favors.
(d) She is too young to keep getting pregnant.
8. In what year do Lynne and Truman arrive at the state in #94?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1955.
9. What restaurant do the black men patronize with Lynne and Truman?
(a) KFC.
(b) Moonflower Cafe.
(c) Soul Food Cafe.
(d) Aquarius Cafe.
10. What is notable about Meridian's mother's preacher's voice?
(a) It is melodious.
(b) It is booming.
(c) It is soothing.
(d) It is unintelligible.
11. During what decade does the story take place?
(a) 1910s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1980s.
12. What was Meridian's mother's profession?
(a) Cook.
(b) Receptionist.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Teacher.
13. What is Meridian's father doing when she visits him?
(a) Examining a map.
(b) Grading papers.
(c) Taking a nap.
(d) Building a chair.
14. How does Meridian feel after her baby is born?
(a) She wonders if she can be a good mother.
(b) She hates the baby.
(c) She wants another baby right away.
(d) She has never been happier.
15. Meridian's mother says that only _____________ wouldn't want her own baby.
(a) A monster.
(b) A narcissist.
(c) A slut.
(d) A psychotic.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Meridian's response to whether she believes in God.
2. Meridian has a feeling of ___________ that she can't shake.
3. What was the woman in #24 in charge of overseeing on the Saxon plantation?
4. What happens to a house in Meridian's neighborhood one night?
5. What does Truman tell Meridian that makes her hit him?
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