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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 the dress Dee wears for her reunion with her mother and sister?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black and white plaid.
(c) Red.
(d) Orange and yellow.

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 second husband.
(b) He was her father.
(c) He was her grandfather.
(d) He was her brother.

3. In real life, what does Ms. Johnson look like?
(a) She's large and big-boned with rough, man-working hands.
(b) She's freckled and has blonde hair.
(c) She's white-haired and petite.
(d) She's skinny and short.

4. What trait does Ms. Johnson possess in her dreams that the Johnsons don't have in real life?
(a) Bashfulness.
(b) Dishonesty.
(c) Laziness.
(d) A quick tongue.

5. What has Ms. Johnson done to her yard at the beginning of the story?
(a) Mulched it.
(b) Mowed it.
(c) Planted flowers in it.
(d) Cleaned and swept it like a floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hakim-a-barber feel about the group of people to which Ms. Johnson asks if he belongs?

2. What facial expression does Maggie have after her sister leaves?

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

4. Which of the following statements is not true about what happens on the television talk shows that inspire Ms. Johnson's dreams?

5. How does Dee respond when her mother asks her what happened to Dee?

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