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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once Maggie weds, what is Ms. Johnson free to sit in her yard and do?
(a) Raise flowers.
(b) Quilt.
(c) Plant corn.
(d) Sing church songs.

2. Where does "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker take place?
(a) Rural Ohio.
(b) New York City.
(c) Rural Georgia, near Augusta.
(d) Hawaii.

3. How does Dee's male companion greet Ms. Johnson and Maggie?
(a) With a handshake.
(b) With a polite nod.
(c) With a kiss on the cheek.
(d) With the Arabic greeting Asalamalakim.

4. Who is the narrator of "Everyday Use?"
(a) John Thomas.
(b) Wangero.
(c) Hakim-a-barber.
(d) Ms. Johnson.

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

6. On the television show in her dreams, what does Ms. Johnson look like?
(a) She's short and dark with glasses and white hair.
(b) She's tall and dark with lots of jewels and furs.
(c) She's tall and plump with a gray Afro.
(d) She's thin with a light complexion and glistening hair.

7. 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.

8. What does Ms. Johnson offer Wangero instead of the two quilts Grandma Dee pieced?
(a) Her mother's wedding dress.
(b) Grandma Dee's butter dish.
(c) One or two other quilts in her collection.
(d) The butter churn dasher and top.

9. What scraps of Grandma Dee's clothing are in the quilts?
(a) Pieces of her old aprons.
(b) Pieces of dresses Grandma Dee wore over 50 years ago.
(c) Pieces of her old pillow cases.
(d) Pieces of her old flannel nightgowns.

10. Who does Dee say she will never bring to visit her family's home?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her pastor.
(d) Her college professors.

11. What is Ms. Johnson's marital state?
(a) Divorced.
(b) Separated.
(c) Married.
(d) The story never reveals this fact.

12. In what is the Johnson home located?
(a) A former Revolutionary War battlefield.
(b) A big Augusta, Georgia subdivision.
(c) A former Civil War battlefield.
(d) A pasture.

13. To whom does Ms. Johnson always talk "With one foot raised in flight" and her head turned in whatever direction is farthest from them?
(a) White women.
(b) White men.
(c) People with college degrees.
(d) Black men.

14. To what does Dee change her name?
(a) Ariella Candace Jones.
(b) Kenisha Jackson.
(c) Raelene Jordan.
(d) Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo.

15. Who makes the dining benches on which the Johnsons and Hakim-a-barber sit during dinner?
(a) Stash.
(b) Dee's brother.
(c) Dee's father.
(d) Uncle Buddy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ms. Johnson used to think Dee felt about Maggie?

2. At the end of the story, what quilts does Ms. Johnson tell Dee to take back to the city with her?

3. What hairstyle is Dee wearing when she arrives at her family's home?

4. Who makes the sounds in the kitchen?

5. What kind of jobs has Ms. Johnson always done well?

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