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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Meridian and Anne-Marion hate?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Bell bottom jeans.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Tiramisu.

2. How old was the Wild Child when Meridian met her?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 19.
(d) 13.

3. Who collapses after taking the children to see the exhibit at the circus?
(a) Truman.
(b) Marchelle.
(c) Sadie.
(d) Meridian.

4. What happens to Tommy Odds while coming out of a church?
(a) He is struck by lightning.
(b) He is shot in the arm.
(c) He falls down some steps.
(d) He suffers a heart attack.

5. What does the boy in #47 do when he learns Meridian is pregnant?
(a) He denies it.
(b) He calls her a whore.
(c) He gives her abortion money.
(d) He marries her.

6. What did Meridian bury underneath a tree when she was seven?
(a) A diary.
(b) A bar of gold.
(c) A box of shiny stones.
(d) A doll.

7. Who does Meridian tell about her marriage and child when she is at Saxon?
(a) Janelle.
(b) Truman.
(c) No one.
(d) Anne-Marion.

8. What is the name of a huge magnolia tree at the college?
(a) The Gatekeeper.
(b) The Sojourner.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Mother's Tears.

9. Meridian and Anne-Marion get involved in what type of procession?
(a) A homecoming parade.
(b) An anti-war march.
(c) The Wild Child's funeral.
(d) A Civil Rights march.

10. How does Meridian feel when she learns she is pregnant?
(a) She is scared.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She is shocked.
(d) She is sad.

11. What was Meridian's father's profession?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Librarian.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Bus driver.

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

13. Meridian's mother says that only _____________ wouldn't want her own baby.
(a) A monster.
(b) A narcissist.
(c) A slut.
(d) A psychotic.

14. What did the woman in #24 bury beneath the big magnolia tree?
(a) Rare documents.
(b) Her severed tongue.
(c) Placenta.
(d) Gold coins.

15. Why does a doctor offer to tie Meridian's tubes?
(a) In exchange for sexual favors.
(b) She is too ill to have a child.
(c) To prevent disease.
(d) She is too young to keep getting pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the woman who planted the large magnolia tree?

2. What does Meridian achieve through her illness?

3. Who has Truman married?

4. What did George Daxter give Meridian in exchange for sexual favors?

5. What happens to people in the serpent mound's tail?

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