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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a woman doing in the town square of Chicokema?
(a) Sunbathing nude.
(b) Staring down the town's tank.
(c) Dancing in the fountain.
(d) Performing in mime.

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

3. Why does Meridian allow her boss to kiss and fondle her?
(a) He takes her on trips.
(b) He gives her groceries.
(c) He gives her big bonuses.
(d) She likes him.

4. When does Meridian realize she has a feeling of love for Truman?
(a) When he drives her home.
(b) When he cooks dinner for her.
(c) When she is beaten and dragged to jail.
(d) When he tries to teach her Spanish.

5. From what state do three Civil Rights workers disappear?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Florida.

6. What does Meridian's mother feel about the teachers who teach her children?
(a) She pities them.
(b) She envies them.
(c) She likes them.
(d) She dislikes them.

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

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

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

10. Why does Tommy Odds berate Truman?
(a) For not marrying Meridian.
(b) For being with a white woman.
(c) For being a coward.
(d) For dropping out of college.

11. What is a central part of Meridian's experience?
(a) School.
(b) Theater.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Sex.

12. What is stuck on the walls of Meridian's house?
(a) Letters and poems.
(b) Posters.
(c) Old gum.
(d) Take-out menus.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing Truman finds in Meridian's house?

2. What was Meridian unable to believe existed during her childhood?

3. Why is the boy in #47 considered good to Meridian?

4. What is the name of a huge magnolia tree at the college?

5. What is Meridian's father doing when she visits him?

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