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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the story, what quilts does Ms. Johnson tell Dee to take back to the city with her?
(a) Two on Maggie's bed that need washing.
(b) The ones on Ms. Johnson's bed.
(c) The hand-stitched ones Grandma Dee pieced.
(d) One or two of the machine-stitched ones.

2. Whose hand closes over Grandma Dee's butter dish at dinner?
(a) Maggie's.
(b) Hakim-a-barber's.
(c) Wangero's.
(d) Ms. Johnson's.

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

4. Who asks Ms. Johnson for the butter churn dasher?
(a) Wangero.
(b) Hakim-a-barber.
(c) John Thomas.
(d) Maggie.

5. Once Maggie weds, what is Ms. Johnson free to sit in her yard and do?
(a) Quilt.
(b) Raise flowers.
(c) Plant corn.
(d) Sing church songs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dee's father?

2. Who makes the sounds in the kitchen?

3. What does Dee's companion end up asking the family to call him?

4. Who takes Polaroids of the Johnson family reunion?

5. What does Ms. Johnson think Dee's companion does for a living because of his name?

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