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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. When does Truman next visit Meridian?
(a) Three years after his marriage to Lynne.
(b) When her mother dies.
(c) At the college reunion.
(d) On Christmas Eve.

2. With whom does Meridian's father share much compassion because of their plight?
(a) Catholics.
(b) Jews.
(c) Negroes.
(d) Native Americans.

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

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

5. What is Meridian's father doing when she visits him?
(a) Grading papers.
(b) Taking a nap.
(c) Building a chair.
(d) Examining a map.

Short Answer Questions

1. Meridian's father's walls are filled with what?

2. What is Truman's last name?

3. Meridian's mother feels that her children took away her _______________.

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

5. What job does Meridian get?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Meridian's mother.

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

3. What is the meaning of Meridian's burying the gold under a magnolia tree as a child?

4. What is Meridian's life like every day when she is seventeen with a baby?

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

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

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

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

9. What is the symbolism of the new branch growing from The Sojourner?

10. What is an important theme of the story introduced in the first section?

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