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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of "Everyday Use," with whom is Ms. Johnson waiting in the yard?
(a) Big Dee.
(b) Grandma Dee.
(c) Hakim-a-barber.
(d) Her daughter, Maggie.

2. Who hates the current Johnson house as well as the old Johnson house?
(a) Ms. Johnson.
(b) Dee.
(c) Aunt Dicie.
(d) Grandma Dee.

3. To what does Wangero compare Maggie's brain when Maggie tells Hakim-a-barber who whittled the churn dash?
(a) A canteloupe.
(b) A piece of straw.
(c) An elephant's brain.
(d) A pea.

4. How does the character who goes to school in Augusta try to share her knowledge with the rest of the family?
(a) She reads to them.
(b) She encourages them to enroll in college.
(c) She loans them her textbooks.
(d) She invites them to her school recitals.

5. Which character in "Everyday Use" doesn't read well due to poor eyesight?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Aunt Dicie.
(c) Grandma Dee.
(d) Ms. Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Maggie's father?

2. What kind of dress does Dee wear to her graduation?

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

4. When Ms. Johnson finds Wangero's name hard to pronounce, what does Wangero say?

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

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