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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which Johnson family member possesses the most self confidence?
(a) Ms. Johnson.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Dee.
(d) Grandpa Jarrell.

3. How far back can Ms. Johnson trace her family tree?
(a) To her grandmother.
(b) Beyond the Civil War.
(c) To the Civil War.
(d) To her great-grandmother.

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

5. What facial expression does Maggie have after her sister leaves?
(a) A frown.
(b) One of ire.
(c) Tears.
(d) A smile.

6. What does Dee want to match a green suit she makes from an old suit someone gives her mother?
(a) Black pumps.
(b) A pair of earrings.
(c) A green blouse.
(d) A hair barrette.

7. During the winter, what does Ms. Johnson wear to bed?
(a) Men's pajamas.
(b) Flannel nightgowns.
(c) Longjohns.
(d) Blue jeans and a flannel shirt.

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

9. Who makes the sounds in the kitchen?
(a) Hakim-a-barber.
(b) Grandma Dee.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Aunt Dicie.

10. What does Jimmy T do soon after breaking up with Dee?
(a) Enlist in the Army.
(b) Move to Atlanta.
(c) Marry another woman.
(d) Wreck his car.

11. How does Maggie react when Dee's companion moves forward to hug her?
(a) She backs away, trembling and perspiring.
(b) She screams.
(c) She rushes forward to hug him first.
(d) She runs away.

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

13. Why does Wangero want the two quilts Grandma Dee pieced rather than the substitute gift her mother offers her?
(a) Grandma Dee pieced them.
(b) They're prettier.
(c) They're older.
(d) They're handstitched & the others are machine-stitched.

14. 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 plump with a gray Afro.
(c) She's thin with a light complexion and glistening hair.
(d) She's tall and dark with lots of jewels and furs.

15. 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 male companion.
(c) Dee's pastor.
(d) Dee's college professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Polaroids of the Johnson family reunion?

2. Why does Dee think the quilts will become rags in five years?

3. Why does Dee change her name?

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

5. When their school closes after the second grade, why don't the local Blacks protest?

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