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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ms. Johnson do in church when the spirit of God touches her?
(a) She gets happy and shouts.
(b) She prays aloud.
(c) She reads aloud from her Bible.
(d) She gives a sermon.

2. How does the man who emerges from the car with Dee wear his hair?
(a) In cornrows.
(b) Long.
(c) He shaves his head.
(d) Short.

3. How many quilts does Dee/Wangero take back to the city with her at the end of the story?
(a) None.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

4. During the winter, how does Ms. Johnson get water for washing?
(a) From her faucet.
(b) From bottled water she buys at the store in town.
(c) By breaking ice.
(d) From her farm's well.

5. How does Hakim-a-barber feel about the group of people to which Ms. Johnson asks if he belongs?
(a) He shares their doctrines, but doesn't farm or raise cattle.
(b) He disagrees with their doctrines.
(c) He hates them.
(d) He considers them allies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which member of the Johnson family always criticizes the others?

3. What does Ms. Johnson remember from the tragedy that befell her home ten to twelve years earlier?

4. Who is the first male character to appear onstage in "Everyday Use?"

5. What do Ms. Johnson and Maggie do after Wangero and her boyfriend leave?

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