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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Which of the following statements is not true about what happens on the television talk shows that inspire Ms. Johnson's dreams?
(a) The children and parents embrace and smile and cry.
(b) The children thank the parents for helping them succeed.
(c) Children who have made it are surprised by their parents.
(d) Unsuccessful children greet their unhappy parents.

4. What does Jimmy T do soon after breaking up with Dee?
(a) Marry another woman.
(b) Move to Atlanta.
(c) Enlist in the Army.
(d) Wreck his car.

5. To whom does Ms. Johnson promise to give the quilts Grandma Dee pieced?
(a) Aunt Dicie.
(b) Wangero.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Hakim-a-barber.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose hand closes over Grandma Dee's butter dish at dinner?

2. What is Hakim-a-barber's religion?

3. How many quilts does Dee/Wangero take back to the city with her at the end of the story?

4. What does Wangero find in her mother's trunk?

5. In what point of view is "Everyday Use" told?

(see the answer key)

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