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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lynne recall about the place in #139?
(a) Running through the sprinkler.
(b) Eating watermelon in the summers.
(c) Catching fireflies.
(d) Making homemade ice cream.

2. What relationship does Truman want with Lynne?
(a) Husband.
(b) Friend and brother.
(c) No relationship.
(d) Lover.

3. Where is Meridian in "Free at Last?"
(a) Detroit.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Miami.

4. What is the name of the sick woman?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Marlene.
(c) Joyce.
(d) Raylene.

5. Which part of the country does Lynne love?
(a) The Pacific Northwest.
(b) New England.
(c) The South.
(d) The Southwest.

6. Lynne thinks her parents are ______________.
(a) Vindictive.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Loving.
(d) Ignorant.

7. What is the name of the man working with the newspaper?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Marv.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Tyrone.

8. What is the topic of some of the poetry Lynne writes?
(a) Gentleness in the Revolution.
(b) Saving the environment.
(c) The forces of nature.
(d) Old lovers.

9. Meridian and Truman take a picture of _____________ to the girl in prison for killing her baby.
(a) Snow.
(b) A balloon.
(c) An apple.
(d) The sky.

10. Why did the woman have to go back to her husband after she left him?
(a) She loved him too much to stay away.
(b) He got sick and needed her.
(c) He threatened to kill her if she didn't.
(d) She couldn't care for her kids on her own.

11. What is Lynne's religious affiliation?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Atheist.

12. What does the woman hope?
(a) To see a black U.S. President.
(b) To see her grandkids raised.
(c) To be buried on Mother's Day.
(d) To have a good Christmas.

13. What does Lynne try to think about the man in #121 as he rapes her?
(a) All the good things about him.
(b) Where her gun is.
(c) If she can get a knife from the kitchen.
(d) If she can reach the phone.

14. Why does the man in #121 bring some NOTC boys to Lynne's house the next day?
(a) To get her to hand out flyers.
(b) To apologize to her.
(c) To get her to type a petition.
(d) To rape her.

15. Why does Lynne go to Truman's studio?
(a) To tell him to come home.
(b) To tell him Meridian is dying.
(c) To tell him Camara has been attacked.
(d) To take him something to eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dish has the man prepared for his sick wife?

2. What is noticeable about Meridian's appearance at this point in the story?

3. Meridian goes back to church at a ____________ church.

4. A letter from ______________ hangs on Meridian's wall.

5. Meridian thinks a revolution should begin with _______________.

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