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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ms. Johnson kill with a sledge hammer one winter?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A hog.
(c) A bull calf.
(d) A rat.

2. What is the relationship of the person who whittles Ms. Johnson's butter churn top to Aunt Dicie/Big Dee?
(a) He was her brother.
(b) He was her grandfather.
(c) He was her father.
(d) He was her second husband.

3. What animal does Ms. Johnson describe as "soothing and slow?"
(a) Cats.
(b) Cows.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Horses.

4. At the beginning of "Everyday Use," who does Ms. Johnson say will regard Dee with a mixture of envy and awe?
(a) Grandpa Ezra.
(b) John Thomas.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Grandma Dee.

5. Why does Dee think the quilts will become rags in five years?
(a) They're old and fragile.
(b) Maggie will use them and wear them out.
(c) Exposing them to air after storage in the trunk will ruin them.
(d) Maggie's children will tear them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character in "Everyday Use" always walks with her eyes on the ground and her chin on her chest?

2. What kind of windows does the current Johnson home have?

3. In the story's first paragraph, to which room of the house does Ms. Johnson compare her yard, saying it's an extension of that room?

4. What does the person who wants the butter churn top slide over it as if trying to see how it will look in her own home?

5. Why do the Johnsons have dining benches instead of dining chairs?

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