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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who in the Johnson family had the name Dee before Dee and the woman for whom Dee was named?
(a) Ms. Johnson's mother-in-law.
(b) A first cousin.
(c) A great aunt.
(d) Grandma Dee and her mother, Great Grandma Dee.

2. 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 sings to them.
(c) She reads to them.
(d) She plays records for them.

3. Once Maggie weds, what is Ms. Johnson free to sit in her yard and do?
(a) Sing church songs.
(b) Plant corn.
(c) Quilt.
(d) Raise flowers.

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

5. At the end of the story, what quilts does Ms. Johnson tell Dee to take back to the city with her?
(a) Two on Maggie's bed that need washing.
(b) The ones on Ms. Johnson's bed.
(c) One or two of the machine-stitched ones.
(d) The hand-stitched ones Grandma Dee pieced.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of jewelry does Dee wear for her reunion with her mother and sister?

2. Who does Maggie marry?

3. When Ms. Johnson snatches Grandma Dee's quilts from Wangero's hands, into whose hands does she place them?

4. What comes over Ms. Johnson at the end of the story when she sees Maggie looking at Wangero with fear?

5. What keeps Ms. Johnson hot in zero weather?

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