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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the socioeconomic status of Ms. Johnson in "Everyday Use?"
(a) She's poor.
(b) She's middle class.
(c) She's a slave.
(d) She's rich.

2. In what patterns are the two quilts Wangero finds in the trunk sewn?
(a) The Lone Star and Walk Around the Mountain patterns.
(b) The Dutch Doll and Drunkard's path patterns.
(c) The Southern Belle and Dutch Doll patterns.
(d) The Drunkard's Path and Lone Star patterns.

3. What does Ms. Johnson notice in the wood of the dasher?
(a) Sink marks from thumbs & fingers touching the wood.
(b) Termite holes.
(c) Scratches.
(d) Scuff marks.

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

5. After dinner, who goes into Ms. Johnson's room and riffles through the trunk at the foot of Ms. Johnson's bed?
(a) Wangero.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Hakim-a-barber.
(d) Ms. Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ms. Johnson describe Dee's feet?

2. How many children does Ms. Johnson have?

3. What scraps of Grandma Dee's clothing are in the quilts?

4. What unpleasant truth does Ms. Johnson say Maggie realizes about herself?

5. Why does Dee think the quilts will become rags in five years?

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