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

2. Who is the protagonist in "Everyday Use?"
(a) Aunt Dicie.
(b) Dee.
(c) Ms. Johnson.
(d) Maggie.

3. What word does Ms. Johnson say the world never tells Dee?
(a) Stop.
(b) Prosper.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

4. Who wraps Ms. Johnson's dasher right there at the dinner table?
(a) Wangero.
(b) Hakim-a-barber.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Ms. Johnson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Wangero want the two quilts Grandma Dee pieced rather than the substitute gift her mother offers her?

2. How does Ms. Johnson describe Maggie's fiance?

3. To whom does Ms. Johnson always talk "With one foot raised in flight" and her head turned in whatever direction is farthest from them?

4. In what is the Johnson home located?

5. To what does Dee change her name?

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