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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Johnson family women quilts the quilt tops that Grandma Dee pieces?
(a) Great Grandma Dee and Aunt Dicie.
(b) Aunt Cassie and Maggie.
(c) Ms. Johnson and her sister, Aunt Dicie or Big Dee.
(d) Cousin Celie and Cousin Jill.

2. When Ms. Johnson offers Dee a quilt in the past, what is Dee's reaction?
(a) She doesn't want it because it is old-fashioned.
(b) She wants to learn to quilt herself.
(c) She loves the idea, takes the quilt and asks for more.
(d) She does't want it because it is too plain.

3. Who asks Ms. Johnson for the family's butter churn top?
(a) John Thomas.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Wangero.
(d) Hakim-a-barber.

4. What does the person who wants the butter churn top tell Ms. Johnson she will do with it?
(a) Hang it on her wall.
(b) Use it as a flower vase.
(c) Make butter in it.
(d) Make it the centerpiece for her alcove table.

5. Where does "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker take place?
(a) Rural Ohio.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Rural Georgia, near Augusta.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dee greet her mother and sister?

2. What is Hakim-a-barber's religion?

3. What color is the dress Dee wears for her reunion with her mother and sister?

4. Who escapes unharmed from the tragedy that befell the old Johnson house?

5. To whom does Ms. Johnson promise to give the quilts Grandma Dee pieced?

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