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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 soil comprises Ms. Johnson's yard?
(a) Dry, dusty soil.
(b) Rich, dark brown earth.
(c) Hard clay.
(d) Red earth.

2. 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) Mulched it.
(d) Mowed it.

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

4. Why does Wangero want the two quilts Grandma Dee pieced rather than the substitute gift her mother offers her?
(a) Grandma Dee pieced them.
(b) They're prettier.
(c) They're handstitched & the others are machine-stitched.
(d) They're older.

5. Who tells Ms. Johnson she doesn't understand her heritage?
(a) Aunt Dicie.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Hakim-a-barber.
(d) Wangero.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Wangero feel on the benches when she runs her hands along them?

3. What hairstyle is Dee wearing when she arrives at her family's home?

4. How does Dee look in comparison to Maggie?

5. When their school closes after the second grade, why don't the local Blacks protest?

(see the answer key)

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