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

2. How does Dee greet her mother and sister?
(a) With a hug.
(b) With a kiss.
(c) With a hearty hello.
(d) With an Arabic greeting.

3. What does Ms. Johnson say could be done if the quilts do become rags in five years?
(a) Maggie could buy new quilts.
(b) Maggie could make herself some new quilts.
(c) Ms. Johnson could buy new quilts for Maggie.
(d) Ms. Johnson could knit Maggie some blankets.

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

5. What do Ms. Johnson and Maggie do after Wangero and her boyfriend leave?
(a) Sit in the yard enjoying themselves until bedtime.
(b) Gossip about Wangero.
(c) Eat dessert.
(d) Start a new quilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker take place?

2. Who fills her bottom lip with checkerberry snuff at the end of "Everyday Use?"

3. To what does Wangero compare Maggie's brain when Maggie tells Hakim-a-barber who whittled the churn dash?

4. What sound does Maggie make when she sees Dee's companion?

5. What happens to Ms. Johnson in 1949?

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