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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who escapes unharmed from the tragedy that befell the old Johnson house?
(a) John Thomas.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Aunt Dicie.
(d) Dee and Ms. Johnson.

2. Why does Dee change her name?
(a) She is hiding from the law.
(b) She needs a more glamorous name to be an actress.
(c) So she won't have a white oppressor name.
(d) Hakim-a-barber hates her real name.

3. Who puts on a pair of sunglasses at the end of "Everyday Use"?
(a) Hakim-a-barber.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Ms. Johnson.
(d) Wangero.

4. Who tells Ms. Johnson she doesn't understand her heritage?
(a) Aunt Dicie.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Wangero.
(d) Hakim-a-barber.

5. What is the first thing out of the car upon Dee's arrival that identifies Dee to Ms. Johnson?
(a) Her leg.
(b) Her head.
(c) Her purse.
(d) Her arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scraps of Grandpa Jarrell's clothes are in the quilts?

2. Whose name is twice as long and three times as hard as Wangero's in Ms. Johnson's opinion?

3. Who whittles Ms. Johnson's churn top?

4. Who asks Ms. Johnson for the butter churn dasher?

5. What does Ms. Johnson kill with a sledge hammer one winter?

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