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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Dee change her name?
(a) Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo.
(b) Kenisha Jackson.
(c) Ariella Candace Jones.
(d) Raelene Jordan.

2. In "Everyday Use," whose school closes after second grade?
(a) Ms. Johnson's.
(b) John Thomas's.
(c) Maggie's.
(d) Dee's.

3. To whom does Ms. Johnson always talk "With one foot raised in flight" and her head turned in whatever direction is farthest from them?
(a) Black men.
(b) White women.
(c) White men.
(d) People with college degrees.

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

5. How does Ms. Johnson feel about Wangero's new name?
(a) It insults the family heritage of women named Dee.
(b) It is an ugly name.
(c) It is a name she will never prounounce correctly.
(d) She will abide by Wangero's wishes & use the new name.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the nickname of the person who whittles Ms. Johnson's churn dasher?

3. Once Maggie weds, what is Ms. Johnson free to sit in her yard and do?

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

5. After dinner, who goes into Ms. Johnson's room and riffles through the trunk at the foot of Ms. Johnson's bed?

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