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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Ms. Johnson she doesn't understand her heritage?
(a) Wangero.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Hakim-a-barber.
(d) Aunt Dicie.

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 gets happy and shouts.
(d) She gives a sermon.

3. When Dee says "It's really a new day for us" at the end of the story, to whom is she referring?
(a) The Johnson sisters.
(b) African Americans.
(c) The entire Johnson family.
(d) Herself and her mother.

4. What does Ms. Johnson note is still in the butter churn during dinner?
(a) A mouse.
(b) Milk that has turned to clabber.
(c) Butter.
(d) Grandma Dee's apron.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes the sounds in the kitchen?

2. How does Ms. Johnson describe Maggie's fiance?

3. When boys and girls hang around Dee in her youth, what does she do to entertain them?

4. To whom does Ms. Johnson promise to give the quilts Grandma Dee pieced?

5. How does Ms. Johnson describe Dee's feet?

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