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

2. In what year do Lynne and Truman arrive at the state in #94?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1964.

3. Who has Truman married?
(a) Anne-Marion.
(b) Lynne.
(c) Meridian.
(d) Sadie.

4. What new name does Meridian give her baby?
(a) Isaiah.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Truman.
(d) Rundi.

5. What has a traveling circus brought to town?
(a) The world's fattest woman.
(b) The world's tallest man.
(c) A mummy.
(d) A two-headed duck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lynne doing with the black children at the beginning of this section?

2. What is stuck on the walls of Meridian's house?

3. What is Meridian's response to whether she believes in God.

4. What task does Meridian do at the Civil Rights office?

5. Lynne views the black people of the South as ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Anne-Marion different from Meridian?

2. What does Lynne tell Meridian about her past experiences with black men and how they have impacted her life?

3. What is the significance of Meridian leaving her railroad cap for Truman when she leaves?

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

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

6. What is Meridian's approach to helping people and getting them interested in voting?

7. What is Lynne's view of black people?

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

9. Why do the girls not see that cutting down The Sojourner is a self destructive act?

10. What does Truman learn about where Meridian is living and her illness?

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