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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Meridian's baby's name?
(a) Bobby Jr.
(b) Duane.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Eddie Jr.
2. Who is Tommy Odds?
(a) A mechanic.
(b) A Civil Rights worker.
(c) A televangelist.
(d) A professor.
3. What did Anne-Marion do to make the Dean of Women so angry?
(a) She led a strike of cafeteria workers.
(b) She cut off her hair.
(c) She had a boy in her dorm room.
(d) She smoked in the classroom.
4. Who does Truman begin to date?
(a) Girls from home.
(b) Society girls.
(c) Sorority girls.
(d) White girls.
5. What is the name of a huge magnolia tree at the college?
(a) The Sojourner.
(b) The Gatekeeper.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Mother's Tears.
6. What was the woman in #24 in charge of overseeing on the Saxon plantation?
(a) The kitchen garden.
(b) The butcher shop.
(c) The bakery.
(d) The brewery.
7. What is Truman's last name?
(a) Hansen.
(b) Miller.
(c) Held.
(d) McAfee.
8. Meridian's mother says that only _____________ wouldn't want her own baby.
(a) A slut.
(b) A monster.
(c) A psychotic.
(d) A narcissist.
9. What physical problems does Meridian begin to suffer?
(a) Joint pain.
(b) Headaches and nightmares.
(c) Backaches.
(d) Nausea and vomiting.
10. What is stuck on the walls of Meridian's house?
(a) Old gum.
(b) Letters and poems.
(c) Posters.
(d) Take-out menus.
11. What does Truman feel he has done by marrying Lynne?
(a) Settled.
(b) Married beneath his class.
(c) Betrayed his race.
(d) Rushed into something.
12. What do Meridian and Anne-Marion hate?
(a) Bell bottom jeans.
(b) Tiramisu.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Capitalism.
13. From what state do three Civil Rights workers disappear?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Florida.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Arkansas.
14. What is Meridian's father doing when she visits him?
(a) Taking a nap.
(b) Examining a map.
(c) Building a chair.
(d) Grading papers.
15. Why does a doctor offer to tie Meridian's tubes?
(a) To prevent disease.
(b) She is too young to keep getting pregnant.
(c) She is too ill to have a child.
(d) In exchange for sexual favors.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who has Truman married?
2. When does Meridian realize she has a feeling of love for Truman?
3. Who collapses after taking the children to see the exhibit at the circus?
4. Who was Fast Mary of the Tower?
5. What restaurant do the black men patronize with Lynne and Truman?
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