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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose name is twice as long and three times as hard as Wangero's in Ms. Johnson's opinion?
(a) Dee's pastor.
(b) Dee's college roommate.
(c) Dee's college professor.
(d) Dee's male companion.

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

3. Who hangs in the kitchen doing dishes after the Johnsons' reunion dinner?
(a) Hakim-a-barber.
(b) Maggie.
(c) John Thomas.
(d) Wangero.

4. What sounds does Ms. Johnson hear when Wangero asks if she can have the quilts?
(a) Pots and pans banging in the kitchen.
(b) Glass breaking and someone cursing.
(c) A door slamming and someone weeping.
(d) Something falling and the slam of the kitchen door.

5. Who makes the dining benches on which the Johnsons and Hakim-a-barber sit during dinner?
(a) Dee's father.
(b) Uncle Buddy.
(c) Stash.
(d) Dee's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Johnson say could be done if the quilts do become rags in five years?

2. Who stands under a gum tree and observes from a safe distance while tragedy strikes the old Johnson house a decade earlier?

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

4. Which character in "Everyday Use" always walks with her eyes on the ground and her chin on her chest?

5. Which character in "Everyday Use" refuses to eat collard greens and considers pork unclean?

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