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Everyday Use Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. How does the Johnson's current home different from their previous home?
(a) It has a tin roof instead of a shingle roof.
(b) It is larger.
(c) It is smaller.
(d) It has more land with it.

2. Which character in "Everyday Use" delights in the chitlins and corn bread, greens and sweet potatoes Ms. Johnson serves for dinner during Dee's visit?
(a) Hakim-a-barber.
(b) Wangero.
(c) Maggie.
(d) John Thomas.

3. What one thing does the person taking the Polaroids make sure is always included in each picture?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Dee.
(c) Ms. Johnson.
(d) The Johnson house.

4. How does Ms. Johnson describe the man who emerges from the car with Dee?
(a) Tall and fat.
(b) Short and thin with big glasses.
(c) Short and stocky with hair all over his head and chin.
(d) Tall and thin with a big mustache.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Johnson call Dee's companion in her thoughts?

2. Which character in "Everyday Use" has no education?

3. What does Wangero plan to do with the quilts?

4. How much does Dee think Grandma Dee's quilts are worth?

5. What does Dee want to match a green suit she makes from an old suit someone gives her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Ms. Johnson looks in real life and how her actual appearance differs from how she appears in her dreams.

2. Describe the Johnson family home.

3. Describe Dee's relationship with Jimmy T and what it indicates about her.

4. What kind of life has Ms. Johnson lived?

5. Why does Ms. Johnson prefer that the hand-stitched quilts go to Maggie instead of Dee?

6. What is revealed about Aunt Dicie/Big Dee in "Everyday Use" even though she doesn't appear onstage?

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

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

9. What does Maggie's smile at the end of "Everyday Use" indicate?

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

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