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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is Ms. Johnson's butter churn dasher?
(a) Tan.
(b) Black.
(c) Dark brown.
(d) Light yellow.

2. Who whittles Ms. Johnson's butter churn dasher?
(a) Uncle Buddy.
(b) Uncle Henry.
(c) Grandpa Jarrell.
(d) Great Grandpa Ezra.

3. How does the man who emerges from the car with Dee wear his hair?
(a) In cornrows.
(b) Long.
(c) He shaves his head.
(d) Short.

4. What comes over Ms. Johnson at the end of the story when she sees Maggie looking at Wangero with fear?
(a) A great sorrow.
(b) A great anger.
(c) A great joy.
(d) A spiritual energy like one she sometimes feels in church.

5. Which character in "Everyday Use" has no education?
(a) Ms. Johnson.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Grandma Dee.
(d) John Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship of the person who whittles Ms. Johnson's butter churn dash to Aunt Dicie/Big Dee?

2. Who does Maggie marry?

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 noises tell Ms. Johnson someone is standing outside the room in which she and Wangero are?

5. Who hangs in the kitchen doing dishes after the Johnsons' reunion dinner?

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