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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who keeps trying to shake Maggie's hand at the reunion?
(a) Ms. Johnson.
(b) John Thomas.
(c) Hakim-a-barber.
(d) Dee.
2. What is Hakim-a-barber's religion?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Wiccan.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Christian.
3. How does Dee respond when her mother asks her what happened to Dee?
(a) She says Dee's dead.
(b) She says Dee is wanted by the IRS.
(c) She says Hakim-a-barber hates the name Dee.
(d) She says Dee is wanted by the police.
4. 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) People with college degrees.
(b) White men.
(c) Black men.
(d) White women.
5. Where are the family's quilt frames kept?
(a) The living room.
(b) The back yard.
(c) The front porch.
(d) The front yard.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Hakim-a-barber feel about the group of people to which Ms. Johnson asks if he belongs?
2. Who says Wangero can have the quilts after Ms. Johnson says Wangero can't?
3. Which Johnson women know how to quilt?
4. Who in the Johnson family had the name Dee before Dee and the woman for whom Dee was named?
5. How does the character who goes to school in Augusta try to share her knowledge with the rest of the family?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the way Dee dresses for her visit with her family indicate about her character?
2. What is the history behind Dee's birth name?
3. Describe the Johnson family home.
4. What does Ms. Johnson think Maggie believes is her "portion" in life?
5. What is Aunt Dicie/Big Dee's role in "Everyday Use?"
6. Is there any significance to the fact that neither Ms. Johnson's marital state nor Dee's are revealed in "Everyday Use?"
7. Why are the hairstyles of Hakim-a-barber and Dee/Wangero described in such detail in the story while Maggie and Ms. Johnson's hairstyles are not described?
8. Describe Dee's relationship with Jimmy T and what it indicates about her.
9. Why doesn't Dee think Maggie deserves their mother's two hand-stitched quilts?
10. When Ms. Johnson gives Grandma Dee's hand-stitched quilts to Maggie, how does each Johnson sister in "Everyday Use" react?
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