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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Dee's father?
(a) Great Grandpa Ezra.
(b) Grandpa Jarrell.
(c) The story never reveals this fact.
(d) Uncle Buddy.

2. What scraps of Grandma Dee's clothing are in the quilts?
(a) Pieces of dresses Grandma Dee wore over 50 years ago.
(b) Pieces of her old pillow cases.
(c) Pieces of her old flannel nightgowns.
(d) Pieces of her old aprons.

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

4. Why do the Johnsons have dining benches instead of dining chairs?
(a) Ms. Johnson finds chairs uncomfortable to sit on.
(b) They don't like chairs.
(c) Dee's father doesn't know how to make chairs.
(d) They can't afford chairs.

5. What does Dee want to match a green suit she makes from an old suit someone gives her mother?
(a) Black pumps.
(b) A hair barrette.
(c) A pair of earrings.
(d) A green blouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who overhears Wangero and Ms. Johnson discussing the quilts?

2. What is Dee's relationship to Maggie?

3. Who whittles Ms. Johnson's butter churn dasher?

4. After whom does Ms. Johnson name Dee?

5. Which character in "Everyday Use" goes to school in Augusta on money Ms. Johnson and her church raise?

(see the answer key)

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