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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose hand closes over Grandma Dee's butter dish at dinner?
(a) Maggie's.
(b) Hakim-a-barber's.
(c) Wangero's.
(d) Ms. Johnson's.

2. What is Hakim-a-barber's religion?
(a) Wiccan.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Christian.

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

4. What kind of jobs has Ms. Johnson always done well?
(a) Clerical jobs.
(b) Man's farm work like butchering and milking.
(c) Housekeeping or maid jobs.
(d) Nursing jobs.

5. What drives Jimmy T, a former suitor, away from Dee?
(a) She isn't rich enough for him.
(b) She cheats on him.
(c) She criticizes him too much.
(d) She isn't smart enough for him.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Ms. Johnson snatches Grandma Dee's quilts from Wangero's hands, into whose hands does she place them?

4. Which character in "Everyday Use" always walks with her eyes on the ground and her chin on her chest?

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

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