Everyday Use Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Everyday Use Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says Wangero can have the quilts after Ms. Johnson says Wangero can't?
(a) Hakim-a-barber.
(b) John Thomas.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Grandpa Jarrell.

2. What unpleasant truth does Ms. Johnson say Maggie realizes about herself?
(a) She will never be able to afford college.
(b) Good looks, money and intelligence have passed her by.
(c) She is unemployable due to her lack of education.
(d) Hakim-a-barber will never prefer her to Dee.

3. Who takes Polaroids of the Johnson family reunion?
(a) Hakim-a-barber.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Mrs. Johnson.
(d) Dee.

4. How does Hakim-a-barber feel about the group of people to which Ms. Johnson asks if he belongs?
(a) He hates them.
(b) He considers them allies.
(c) He shares their doctrines, but doesn't farm or raise cattle.
(d) He disagrees with their doctrines.

5. What does Ms. Johnson offer Wangero instead of the two quilts Grandma Dee pieced?
(a) Her mother's wedding dress.
(b) Grandma Dee's butter dish.
(c) One or two other quilts in her collection.
(d) The butter churn dasher and top.

6. After dinner, who goes into Ms. Johnson's room and riffles through the trunk at the foot of Ms. Johnson's bed?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Wangero.
(c) Ms. Johnson.
(d) Hakim-a-barber.

7. During the winter, what does Ms. Johnson wear during the day?
(a) A cotton housedress.
(b) Longjohns.
(c) Blue jeans and a flannel shirt.
(d) Overalls.

8. What scrap of Great Grandpa Ezra's clothing is in the quilts?
(a) A piece of his Civil War uniform.
(b) A piece of his christening gown.
(c) A piece of his wedding pants.
(d) A piece of his old red flannel shirt.

9. Which of the following is not in a Polaroid of the Johnson family reunion?
(a) Ms. Johnson.
(b) A cow.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Dee.

10. Who is the first male character to appear onstage in "Everyday Use?"
(a) John Thomas.
(b) Hakim-a-barber.
(c) Grandpa Jarrell.
(d) Great Grandpa Ezra.

11. Who makes the dining benches on which the Johnsons and Hakim-a-barber sit during dinner?
(a) Stash.
(b) Dee's father.
(c) Dee's brother.
(d) Uncle Buddy.

12. What kind of dress does Dee wear to her graduation?
(a) Purple and white paisley.
(b) Yellow organdy.
(c) Red silk.
(d) Blue gingham.

13. During the winter, what does Ms. Johnson wear to bed?
(a) Longjohns.
(b) Blue jeans and a flannel shirt.
(c) Flannel nightgowns.
(d) Men's pajamas.

14. Why do the Johnsons have dining benches instead of dining chairs?
(a) Ms. Johnson finds chairs uncomfortable to sit on.
(b) They don't like chairs.
(c) Dee's father doesn't know how to make chairs.
(d) They can't afford chairs.

15. What does Wangero tell Maggie to do at the end of the story?
(a) Get married.
(b) Give up the hand-stitched quilts.
(c) Try to make something of herself.
(d) Buy more stylish clothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Ms. Johnson's dreams, on what television program are she and Dee brought together?

3. After whom does Ms. Johnson name Dee?

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

5. Why does Wangero want the two quilts Grandma Dee pieced rather than the substitute gift her mother offers her?

(see the answer keys)

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