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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What keeps Ms. Johnson hot in zero weather?
(a) Her fat.
(b) A warm fire in her fireplace.
(c) Two warm quilts.
(d) Woolen longjohns.

2. What does Wangero find in her mother's trunk?
(a) Her old baby clothes.
(b) Embroidered pillow cases.
(c) Two quilts pieced by Grandma Dee.
(d) Old family photos.

3. What does Jimmy T do soon after breaking up with Dee?
(a) Enlist in the Army.
(b) Wreck his car.
(c) Move to Atlanta.
(d) Marry another woman.

4. What does Ms. Johnson note is still in the butter churn during dinner?
(a) Butter.
(b) Milk that has turned to clabber.
(c) A mouse.
(d) Grandma Dee's apron.

5. What scrap of Great Grandpa Ezra's clothing is in the quilts?
(a) A piece of his wedding pants.
(b) A piece of his christening gown.
(c) A piece of his old red flannel shirt.
(d) A piece of his Civil War uniform.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many quilts does Dee/Wangero take back to the city with her at the end of the story?

2. How does the character who goes to school in Augusta try to share her knowledge with the rest of the family?

3. Where are the family's quilt frames kept?

4. How far back can Ms. Johnson trace her family tree?

5. How does Dee's male companion greet Ms. Johnson and Maggie?

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