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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. Meridian's mother believes that going to church will ___________________.
(a) Get her into heaven.
(b) Bring her to good.
(c) Make her better than everyone else.
(d) Make her humble.

2. Who is the father of Meridian's child?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Duane.
(d) Todd.

3. Why does Meridian feel guilty about giving her baby away?
(a) She knows she will want a child someday.
(b) She should have given it more time.
(c) She promised her mother she wouldn't.
(d) Slave women had their children taken forcibly from them.

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

5. Meridian tells Truman that he looks like ______________.
(a) Clarence Thomas.
(b) Death warmed over.
(c) Sammy Davis Jr.
(d) Che Guevara.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Truman next visit Meridian?

2. Where do Meridian and Anne-Marion live at the university?

3. What is Meridian's last name?

4. Meridian's mother says that only _____________ wouldn't want her own baby.

5. Who is Truman's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Meridian's parents differ in their views of injustice?

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

5. How does Meridian's spirituality differ from her mother's religion?

6. What is ironic about what the government does with Mr. Hill's farm?

7. Why does Meridian begin getting very sick while at Saxon?

8. Explain how Lynne's guilt rules her life.

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

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

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