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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. When Ms. Johnson snatches the quilts from Wangero's hands, who sits on the bed with her mouth open in shock?
(a) Grandma Dee.
(b) Wangero.
(c) Aunt Dicie.
(d) Maggie.

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

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

4. When Ms. Johnson finds Wangero's name hard to pronounce, what does Wangero say?
(a) Ms. Johnson should practice saying it until she gets it right.
(b) Ms. Johnson can used the shortened version Wang.
(c) Ms. Johnson doesn't have to use it if she doesn't want to.
(d) Ms. Johnson could prounounce it if she were smarter.

5. What animal does Ms. Johnson describe as "soothing and slow?"
(a) Cats.
(b) Horses.
(c) Cows.
(d) Dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wangero find in her mother's trunk?

2. What is Ms. Johnson's religion?

3. What does Ms. Johnson say could be done if the quilts do become rags in five years?

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

5. What comes over Ms. Johnson at the end of the story when she sees Maggie looking at Wangero with fear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Ms. Johnson have more formal education?

2. To whom is Dee referring when she says "It's really a new day for us" at the end of the story?

3. Which Johnson sister knows how to quilt and what does her ability illustrate about her character?

4. Who is the protagonist of "Everyday Use" and what identifies that character as the protagonist?

5. What is the significance of Dee's always wanting to read to people in her youth?

6. What happens when Dee tries to share her educational knowledge with her mother and sister?

7. What does Hakim-a-barber's car indicate about his character and Dee's?

8. What references to racial prejudice are there in "Everyday Use?"

9. Explain the difference in what Dee wants to use her mother's quilts and the way Maggie wants to use the quilts.

10. Why doesn't Dee like the house in which her family lives?

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