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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Ms. Johnson used to think Dee felt about Maggie?
2. In "Everyday Use," whose school closes after second grade?
3. How is the weather when Dee comes to visit her family?
4. After dinner, who goes into Ms. Johnson's room and riffles through the trunk at the foot of Ms. Johnson's bed?
5. What color is the dress Dee wears for her reunion with her mother and sister?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the role of Great Grandpa Ezra in "Everyday Use."
2. Why does Ms. Johnson's clean her yard prior to Dee's visit at the beginning of Alice Walker's "Everyday Use?"
3. What kind of life has Ms. Johnson lived?
4. What is Aunt Dicie/Big Dee's role in "Everyday Use?"
5. How does Dee differ from her mother and sister?
6. What is Ms. Johnson's relationship with her daughter Maggie like?
7. How do African Americans change from the days of Ms. Johnson's youth in the 1920s to the era of the 1960s in which the story "Everyday People" is set?
8. What do Dee's light skin and her white heel symbolize?
9. What religion is Ms. Johnson in "Everyday Use" and what does her religion indicate about her character?
10. Why does Dee include the house in every picture she takes with her camera if she dislikes the house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Education is a theme in "Everyday Use." Discuss how Alice Walker depicts this theme and what you think she is saying about education in the story. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Ms. Johnson's dream about appearing on the Johnny Carson show with Dee. What significance do you think this dream has to the story? What does the dream reveal about Ms. Johnson's relationship with her daughter? What does the dream reveal about Ms. Johnson's feelings about herself versus how she wishes she was? What do you think Alice Walker is trying to say through this dream? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the way the characters in "Everyday Use" think of white people and interact with them. Give at least three examples from the text to illustrate your conclusions.
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