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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 relationship of the person who whittles Ms. Johnson's butter churn dash to Aunt Dicie/Big Dee?
(a) He was her first husband.
(b) He was her grandfather.
(c) He was her father.
(d) He was her uncle.

2. What kind of shoes is Dee wearing for her reunion with her mother and sister?
(a) Go go boots.
(b) Flipflops.
(c) Sandals.
(d) High heels.

3. On what occasion has Ms. Johnson offered Dee a quilt in the past?
(a) Dee's high school graduation.
(b) Dee's eighteenth birthday.
(c) The previous Christmas.
(d) When Dee left for college.

4. What has Ms. Johnson done to her yard at the beginning of the story?
(a) Planted flowers in it.
(b) Mulched it.
(c) Cleaned and swept it like a floor.
(d) Mowed it.

5. 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 anger.
(c) A great joy.
(d) A spiritual energy like one she sometimes feels in church.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Dee say she will never bring to visit her family's home?

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

4. What does Dee's companion end up asking the family to call him?

5. How does Maggie respond to the attempts to shake her hand?

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