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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ms. Johnson believe Maggie thinks her portion from God is?
(a) To prosper and live in abundance.
(b) To do without while Wangero prospers.
(c) To suffer ill health.
(d) To be loveless and alone.

2. How does Ms. Johnson feel about Wangero's new name?
(a) It is an ugly name.
(b) It insults the family heritage of women named Dee.
(c) She will abide by Wangero's wishes & use the new name.
(d) It is a name she will never prounounce correctly.

3. When their school closes after the second grade, why don't the local Blacks protest?
(a) There is little community support for reopening it.
(b) Their children are needed on the farm instead of in school.
(c) They fear violent repercussions.
(d) In 1927 they ask fewer questions than they do now.

4. Which Johnson women know how to quilt?
(a) Maggie, Ms. Johnson, Wangero and Aunt Dicie.
(b) Ms. Johnson, Wangero, and Grandma Dee.
(c) Everyone but Wangero.
(d) Maggie, Grandma Dee and Wangero.

5. To what does Wangero compare Maggie's brain when Maggie tells Hakim-a-barber who whittled the churn dash?
(a) A canteloupe.
(b) An elephant's brain.
(c) A pea.
(d) A piece of straw.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Johnson kill with a sledge hammer one winter?

2. When boys and girls hang around Dee in her youth, what does she do to entertain them?

3. Why advantage does Ms. Johnson think her substitute gift has over the quilts Wangero wants?

4. On what occasion has Ms. Johnson offered Dee a quilt in the past?

5. What trait does Ms. Johnson possess in her dreams that the Johnsons don't have in real life?

(see the answer key)

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