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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Truman begin to date?
(a) White girls.
(b) Society girls.
(c) Girls from home.
(d) Sorority girls.

2. What question does Meridian's mother ask her when Meridian tells her she has a feeling she can't shake?
(a) Have you stolen anything.
(b) Do you believe in God.
(c) Are you pregnant.
(d) Are you in love.

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

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

5. Meridian has a spell of _______________.
(a) Blindness.
(b) Industriousness.
(c) Theatrics.
(d) Poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical problems does Meridian begin to suffer?

2. The Civil Rights workers go on a protest march against segregated ________________.

3. What does Anne-Marion tell Meridian when she leaves her?

4. What color light does Meridian begin to see?

5. What kind of business did George Daxter own?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the NOTC?

2. What is the premise of MERIDIAN?

3. Describe the setting of "Free at Last."

4. How have Meridian and Lynne changed when Lynne comes for a visit?

5. How does Meridian's work in the civil rights office begin to open up her world?

6. How does Meridian see herself in the young girl in prison and how does that help Meridian?

7. Why does Mrs. Hill think that having children has ruined her life?

8. What is life like for Truman and Lynne in the South?

9. Describe how Meridian's inner turmoil begins to exhibit physically. What is the significance of Meridian's illness?

10. What is Meridian's goal in tending to both Lynne and Truman after the death of their daughter?

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