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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 older.
(c) They're prettier.
(d) They're handstitched & the others are machine-stitched.

2. Who in the Johnson family had the name Dee before Dee and the woman for whom Dee was named?
(a) A great aunt.
(b) Grandma Dee and her mother, Great Grandma Dee.
(c) A first cousin.
(d) Ms. Johnson's mother-in-law.

3. How does the character who goes to school in Augusta try to share her knowledge with the rest of the family?
(a) She reads to them.
(b) She invites them to her school recitals.
(c) She encourages them to enroll in college.
(d) She loans them her textbooks.

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

5. What is Ms. Johnson's religion?
(a) Muslim.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Wiccan.
(d) Christian.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what occasion is Ms. Johnson going to give the quilts to the person to whom she has promised them?

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

3. In the story's first paragraph, to which room of the house does Ms. Johnson compare her yard, saying it's an extension of that room?

4. What scraps of Grandma Dee's clothing are in the quilts?

5. Which character in "Everyday Use" has burn scars?

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