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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the dress Dee wears for her reunion with her mother and sister?
(a) Orange and yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Black and white plaid.

2. How many characters in "Everyday Use" own cars?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) One.

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

4. What does Wangero find in her mother's trunk?
(a) Embroidered pillow cases.
(b) Her old baby clothes.
(c) Old family photos.
(d) Two quilts pieced by Grandma Dee.

5. On the television show in her dreams, what does Ms. Johnson look like?
(a) She's tall and dark with lots of jewels and furs.
(b) She's tall and plump with a gray Afro.
(c) She's short and dark with glasses and white hair.
(d) She's thin with a light complexion and glistening hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Johnson do in church when the spirit of God touches her?

2. What do Hakim-a-barber and Wangero not tell Ms. Johnson and what does she not ask them about?

3. For what occasion is Ms. Johnson going to give the quilts to the person to whom she has promised them?

4. At the beginning of "Everyday Use," with whom is Ms. Johnson waiting in the yard?

5. What is the relationship of the person who whittles Ms. Johnson's butter churn dash to Aunt Dicie/Big Dee?

(see the answer key)

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