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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the socioeconomic status of Ms. Johnson in "Everyday Use?"
(a) She's middle class.
(b) She's poor.
(c) She's a slave.
(d) She's rich.

2. What comes over Ms. Johnson at the end of the story when she sees Maggie looking at Wangero with fear?
(a) A great sorrow.
(b) A great joy.
(c) A great anger.
(d) A spiritual energy like one she sometimes feels in church.

3. At the beginning of "Everyday Use," who does Ms. Johnson say will regard Dee with a mixture of envy and awe?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Grandpa Ezra.
(c) Grandma Dee.
(d) John Thomas.

4. When boys and girls hang around Dee in her youth, what does she do to entertain them?
(a) She plays hopskotch with them.
(b) She reads to them.
(c) She plays records for them.
(d) She sings to them.

5. Which character in "Everyday Use" has no education?
(a) Grandma Dee.
(b) John Thomas.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Ms. Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unpleasant truth does Ms. Johnson say Maggie realizes about herself?

2. Who hangs in the kitchen doing dishes after the Johnsons' reunion dinner?

3. When Ms. Johnson snatches the quilts from Wangero's hands, who sits on the bed with her mouth open in shock?

4. What does Ms. Johnson note is still in the butter churn during dinner?

5. What happens to the Johnson's previous house ten to twelve years before the events in "Everyday Use"?

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