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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Ms. Johnson in 1949?
(a) She is in a car wreck.
(b) She has a heart attack.
(c) She contracts polio.
(d) She gets hooked in the side by a cow.

2. What scraps of Grandpa Jarrell's clothes are in the quilts?
(a) Pieces of his flannel shirts.
(b) Pieces of his woolen longjohns.
(c) Pieces of his Paisley shirts.
(d) Pieces of his overalls.

3. What kind of jewelry does Dee wear for her reunion with her mother and sister?
(a) Gold earrings and bracelets.
(b) A silver wristwatch.
(c) Pear earrings.
(d) A ruby pendant.

4. Who is Maggie's father?
(a) Hakim-a-barber.
(b) John Thomas.
(c) The story never reveals this fact.
(d) Stash.

5. How does the character who goes to school in Augusta try to share her knowledge with the rest of the family?
(a) She invites them to her school recitals.
(b) She loans them her textbooks.
(c) She encourages them to enroll in college.
(d) She reads to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scrap of Great Grandpa Ezra's clothing is in the quilts?

2. At the beginning of "Everyday Use," what kind of tree does Ms. Johnson say she likes to sit outside and look up into while enjoying the breeze?

3. Which character in "Everyday Use" always looks anyone in the eye because hesitation is not part of her nature?

4. What does Ms. Johnson say could be done if the quilts do become rags in five years?

5. In Ms. Johnson's dreams, what does Dee pin on her dress on the television program?

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