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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story's first paragraph, to which room of the house does Ms. Johnson compare her yard, saying it's an extension of that room?
(a) The bedroom.
(b) The dining room.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The living room.

2. What looks like a mule tail to Ms. Johnson when she sees Dee's male companion?
(a) The man's ponytail.
(b) The hair hanging from the man's chin.
(c) The man's braid.
(d) The man's mustache.

3. How does Hakim-a-barber feel about the group of people to which Ms. Johnson asks if he belongs?
(a) He shares their doctrines, but doesn't farm or raise cattle.
(b) He disagrees with their doctrines.
(c) He considers them allies.
(d) He hates them.

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

5. What drives Jimmy T, a former suitor, away from Dee?
(a) She cheats on him.
(b) She isn't rich enough for him.
(c) She criticizes him too much.
(d) She isn't smart enough for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what is the Johnson home located?

2. What does Ms. Johnson offer Wangero instead of the two quilts Grandma Dee pieced?

3. Who fills her bottom lip with checkerberry snuff at the end of "Everyday Use?"

4. Who puts on a pair of sunglasses at the end of "Everyday Use"?

5. What do Ms. Johnson and Maggie do after Wangero and her boyfriend leave?

(see the answer key)

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