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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wangero feel on the benches when she runs her hands along them?
(a) Chips in the wood.
(b) Rump prints.
(c) The smooth surface of the varnished wood.
(d) Splinters.

2. From where does the wood that gives Ms. Johnson's dasher its color come?
(a) Africa.
(b) A tree that grew in the yard where Big Dee and Stash lived.
(c) The woods behind Grandma Dee's house.
(d) Augusta.

3. Who learns to quilt from Grandma Dee and Aunt Dicie/Big Dee?
(a) Ms. Johnson.
(b) Wangero.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Hakim-a-barber.

4. Who is the first male character to appear onstage in "Everyday Use?"
(a) John Thomas.
(b) Grandpa Jarrell.
(c) Great Grandpa Ezra.
(d) Hakim-a-barber.

5. Who hates the current Johnson house as well as the old Johnson house?
(a) Aunt Dicie.
(b) Dee.
(c) Grandma Dee.
(d) Ms. Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dress does Dee wear to her graduation?

2. How does the character who goes to school in Augusta try to share her knowledge with the rest of the family?

3. Who fills her bottom lip with checkerberry snuff at the end of "Everyday Use?"

4. What does Jimmy T do soon after breaking up with Dee?

5. How does Ms. Johnson describe Dee's feet?

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