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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Ms. Johnson used to think Dee felt about Maggie?
(a) That Dee hated Maggie.
(b) That Dee adored Maggie.
(c) That Dee was jealous of Maggie.
(d) That Dee considered Maggie an embarrassment.

2. What noises tell Ms. Johnson someone is standing outside the room in which she and Wangero are?
(a) The radio comes on.
(b) The television set comes on.
(c) Maggie's breathing.
(d) Maggies footsteps.

3. How much does Dee think Grandma Dee's quilts are worth?
(a) She thinks they're worth a few dozen dollars.
(b) She thinks they're worth a few hundred dollars.
(c) She doesn't think they're worth anything.
(d) She thinks they're priceless.

4. When their school closes after the second grade, why don't the local Blacks protest?
(a) They fear violent repercussions.
(b) There is little community support for reopening it.
(c) Their children are needed on the farm instead of in school.
(d) In 1927 they ask fewer questions than they do now.

5. Whose name is twice as long and three times as hard as Wangero's in Ms. Johnson's opinion?
(a) Dee's college roommate.
(b) Dee's pastor.
(c) Dee's male companion.
(d) Dee's college professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Johnson say could be done if the quilts do become rags in five years?

2. What happens to Ms. Johnson in 1949?

3. What kind of shoes is Dee wearing for her reunion with her mother and sister?

4. What does Wangero feel on the benches when she runs her hands along them?

5. What does the person who wants the butter churn top slide over it as if trying to see how it will look in her own home?

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