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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters are mentioned in "Everyday Use" but do not actually appear on stage?
(a) Grandma Dee, Aunt Dicie, and Grandpa Jarrell.
(b) Great Grandpa Ezra, John Thomas, and Hakim-a-barber.
(c) Hakim-a-barber and Wangero.
(d) Maggie and John Thomas.

2. Why does Wangero want the two quilts Grandma Dee pieced rather than the substitute gift her mother offers her?
(a) Grandma Dee pieced them.
(b) They're prettier.
(c) They're older.
(d) They're handstitched & the others are machine-stitched.

3. Which member of the Johnson family always criticizes the others?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Dee.
(c) Grandma Dee.
(d) Ms. Johnson.

4. What does the person who wants the butter churn dash tell Ms. Johnson she will do with it?
(a) She will donate it to a museum.
(b) She will churn butter in it.
(c) Something artistic that she hasn't yet determined.
(d) She will use it as a flower vase.

5. What does Ms. Johnson remember from the tragedy that befell her home ten to twelve years earlier?
(a) Holding Maggie with her smoking hair and peeling dress.
(b) Dee's terror.
(c) How the neighbors helped with the tragedy.
(d) The firemen working to put out the flames.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who keeps trying to shake Maggie's hand at the reunion?

2. How many rooms does the Johnsons' current house have?

3. What trait does Ms. Johnson possess in her dreams that the Johnsons don't have in real life?

4. How does Hakim-a-barber feel about the group of people to which Ms. Johnson asks if he belongs?

5. How does Dee look in comparison to Maggie?

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