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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comes over Ms. Johnson at the end of the story when she sees Maggie looking at Wangero with fear?
(a) A spiritual energy like one she sometimes feels in church.
(b) A great anger.
(c) A great sorrow.
(d) A great joy.

2. What kind of jewelry does Dee wear for her reunion with her mother and sister?
(a) A silver wristwatch.
(b) Gold earrings and bracelets.
(c) Pear earrings.
(d) A ruby pendant.

3. Which character in "Everyday Use" has burn scars?
(a) Grandma Dee.
(b) Hakim-a-barber.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Aunt Dicie.

4. What is Ms. Johnson's religion?
(a) Christian.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Wiccan.
(d) Muslim.

5. Why does Dee think the quilts will become rags in five years?
(a) Maggie's children will tear them.
(b) They're old and fragile.
(c) Exposing them to air after storage in the trunk will ruin them.
(d) Maggie will use them and wear them out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Ms. Johnson she doesn't understand her heritage?

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

3. What does the person who wants the butter churn top tell Ms. Johnson she will do with it?

4. What is Dee's relationship to Maggie?

5. What does the person who wants the butter churn top slide over it as if trying to see how it will look in her own home?

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