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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ms. Johnson describe Dee's feet?
(a) Perfectly pedicured.
(b) Big with hairy toes.
(c) Neat looking as if God shaped them with a certain style.
(d) Small and dainty.

2. At the beginning of "Everyday Use," who does Ms. Johnson say will regard Dee with a mixture of envy and awe?
(a) Grandma Dee.
(b) Grandpa Ezra.
(c) Maggie.
(d) John Thomas.

3. What comes over Ms. Johnson at the end of the story when she sees Maggie looking at Wangero with fear?
(a) A great joy.
(b) A spiritual energy like one she sometimes feels in church.
(c) A great sorrow.
(d) A great anger.

4. Who fills her bottom lip with checkerberry snuff at the end of "Everyday Use?"
(a) Wangero.
(b) Ms. Johnson.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Aunt Dicie.

5. What does Ms. Johnson kill with a sledge hammer one winter?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A bull calf.
(c) A rat.
(d) A hog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character in "Everyday Use" has burn scars?

2. In what point of view is "Everyday Use" told?

3. What noises tell Ms. Johnson someone is standing outside the room in which she and Wangero are?

4. Why advantage does Ms. Johnson think her substitute gift has over the quilts Wangero wants?

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

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