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

2. What does Dee's companion end up asking the family to call him?
(a) Asalamalakim.
(b) Hakim-a-barber.
(c) George.
(d) Keeshawn.

3. What kind of jobs has Ms. Johnson always done well?
(a) Clerical jobs.
(b) Nursing jobs.
(c) Man's farm work like butchering and milking.
(d) Housekeeping or maid jobs.

4. How does Dee respond when her mother asks her what happened to Dee?
(a) She says Hakim-a-barber hates the name Dee.
(b) She says Dee's dead.
(c) She says Dee is wanted by the IRS.
(d) She says Dee is wanted by the police.

5. How does Ms. Johnson describe the man who emerges from the car with Dee?
(a) Short and stocky with hair all over his head and chin.
(b) Tall and thin with a big mustache.
(c) Tall and fat.
(d) Short and thin with big glasses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes the sounds in the kitchen?

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

3. Who is the protagonist in "Everyday Use?"

4. In Ms. Johnson's dreams, on what television program are she and Dee brought together?

5. What scraps of Grandpa Jarrell's clothes are in the quilts?

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