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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why advantage does Ms. Johnson think her substitute gift has over the quilts Wangero wants?
(a) Her other quilts are newer.
(b) Machine-stitched quilts will last longer than hand-stitched.
(c) Her other quilts are prettier.
(d) Her other quilts are made of warmer fabrics.

2. How does Ms. Johnson describe Maggie's fiance?
(a) A man with mossy teeth in an earnest face.
(b) A handsome man with a mustache.
(c) A short, fat man with dimples.
(d) A tall man with thick glasses.

3. What hairstyle is Dee wearing when she arrives at her family's home?
(a) Two long pigtails roped around her ears.
(b) She has shaved her head.
(c) A short Afro.
(d) Dreadlocks.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of jewelry does Dee wear for her reunion with her mother and sister?

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

3. What has Ms. Johnson done to her yard at the beginning of the story?

4. In Ms. Johnson's dreams, on what television program are she and Dee brought together?

5. Whose name is twice as long and three times as hard as Wangero's in Ms. Johnson's opinion?

(see the answer key)

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