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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 does the government eventually do with Meridian's father's farm?
(a) Turns it into a landfill.
(b) Makes it a public park.
(c) Creates a living history museum.
(d) Digs it up to make a lake.

2. What was Meridian unable to believe existed during her childhood?
(a) Easter Bunny.
(b) Tooth Fairy.
(c) God.
(d) Santa Claus.

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

4. Who was Meridian's great-grandmother?
(a) Judith Fasnaught.
(b) Moonflower Hill.
(c) Sadie Miller.
(d) Feather Mae.

5. What did Meridian's mother consider her children to be?
(a) A delight.
(b) A burden.
(c) A gift.
(d) A destiny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Meridian's father's profession?

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

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

4. What do Meridian and Anne-Marion hate?

5. What kind of business did George Daxter own?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the sad story of the young girl in prison for killing her baby?

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

4. What vow did Meridian not know if she could keep as part of a revolutionary group in college?

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

6. What is a second important theme in the book which arises with the spectacle of the mummy?

7. With what group of people does Meridian's father sympathize and how does he show his compassion regarding the disposition of his farm?

8. What is the story of The Sojourner magnolia tree?

9. How does Meridian meet Truman?

10. What is the NOTC?

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