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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who overhears Wangero and Ms. Johnson discussing the quilts?
(a) Grandma Dee.
(b) Aunt Dicie.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Grandpa Jarrell.

2. How does Maggie react when Dee's companion moves forward to hug her?
(a) She screams.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She backs away, trembling and perspiring.
(d) She rushes forward to hug him first.

3. In what patterns are the two quilts Wangero finds in the trunk sewn?
(a) The Dutch Doll and Drunkard's path patterns.
(b) The Southern Belle and Dutch Doll patterns.
(c) The Lone Star and Walk Around the Mountain patterns.
(d) The Drunkard's Path and Lone Star patterns.

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

5. What noises tell Ms. Johnson someone is standing outside the room in which she and Wangero are?
(a) The television set comes on.
(b) Maggies footsteps.
(c) Maggie's breathing.
(d) The radio comes on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Johnson's previous house ten to twelve years before the events in "Everyday Use"?

2. What drives Jimmy T, a former suitor, away from Dee?

3. Who stands under a gum tree and observes from a safe distance while tragedy strikes the old Johnson house a decade earlier?

4. Who says Wangero can have the quilts after Ms. Johnson says Wangero can't?

5. Who is the protagonist in "Everyday Use?"

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