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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of dress does Dee wear to her graduation?
(a) Red silk.
(b) Purple and white paisley.
(c) Yellow organdy.
(d) Blue gingham.

2. What does Ms. Johnson say could be done if the quilts do become rags in five years?
(a) Ms. Johnson could buy new quilts for Maggie.
(b) Maggie could buy new quilts.
(c) Maggie could make herself some new quilts.
(d) Ms. Johnson could knit Maggie some blankets.

3. How does Ms. Johnson describe Dee's feet?
(a) Small and dainty.
(b) Big with hairy toes.
(c) Neat looking as if God shaped them with a certain style.
(d) Perfectly pedicured.

4. How many characters in "Everyday Use" own cars?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

5. How does Dee respond when her mother asks her what happened to Dee?
(a) She says Dee's dead.
(b) She says Dee is wanted by the police.
(c) She says Dee is wanted by the IRS.
(d) She says Hakim-a-barber hates the name Dee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first male character to appear onstage in "Everyday Use?"

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

3. In Ms. Johnson's dreams, on what television program are she and Dee brought together?

4. What does the person who wants the butter churn top tell Ms. Johnson she will do with it?

5. What color is the dress Dee wears for her reunion with her mother and sister?

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