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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who fills her bottom lip with checkerberry snuff at the end of "Everyday Use?"
(a) Ms. Johnson.
(b) Aunt Dicie.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Wangero.

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

3. Who learns to quilt from Grandma Dee and Aunt Dicie/Big Dee?
(a) Ms. Johnson.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Hakim-a-barber.
(d) Wangero.

4. What kind of jobs has Ms. Johnson always done well?
(a) Housekeeping or maid jobs.
(b) Nursing jobs.
(c) Clerical jobs.
(d) Man's farm work like butchering and milking.

5. What do Hakim-a-barber and Wangero not tell Ms. Johnson and what does she not ask them about?
(a) Whether Dee/Wangero is a Muslim now like Hakim-a-barber.
(b) Whether they are married.
(c) Whether Dee/Wangero is pregnant.
(d) Whether they have bought a house together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the Johnson family always criticizes the others?

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

3. What does Ms. Johnson kill with a sledge hammer one winter?

4. What does Wangero plan to do with the quilts?

5. What does the person who wants the butter churn dash tell Ms. Johnson she will do with it?

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