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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of "Everyday Use," how does Ms. Johnson think Maggie will feel during Dee's visit?
(a) Excited.
(b) Sorrowful.
(c) Angry.
(d) Nervous.

2. Why does Wangero want the two quilts Grandma Dee pieced rather than the substitute gift her mother offers her?
(a) They're older.
(b) They're handstitched & the others are machine-stitched.
(c) Grandma Dee pieced them.
(d) They're prettier.

3. Who does Maggie marry?
(a) John Thomas.
(b) One of her teachers.
(c) The local preacher.
(d) Hakim-a-barber.

4. In "Everyday Use," whose school closes after second grade?
(a) Ms. Johnson's.
(b) John Thomas's.
(c) Dee's.
(d) Maggie's.

5. Which character in "Everyday Use" has no education?
(a) John Thomas.
(b) Ms. Johnson.
(c) Grandma Dee.
(d) Maggie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drives Jimmy T, a former suitor, away from Dee?

2. Which character in "Everyday Use" always walks with her eyes on the ground and her chin on her chest?

3. What does Wangero find in her mother's trunk?

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

5. To what does Dee change her name?

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