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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character in "Everyday Use" delights in the chitlins and corn bread, greens and sweet potatoes Ms. Johnson serves for dinner during Dee's visit?
(a) Hakim-a-barber.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Wangero.
(d) John Thomas.

2. How many quilts does Dee/Wangero take back to the city with her at the end of the story?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) None.

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

4. What is the relationship of the person who whittles Ms. Johnson's butter churn dash to Aunt Dicie/Big Dee?
(a) He was her father.
(b) He was her first husband.
(c) He was her grandfather.
(d) He was her uncle.

5. What scraps of Grandma Dee's clothing are in the quilts?
(a) Pieces of dresses Grandma Dee wore over 50 years ago.
(b) Pieces of her old pillow cases.
(c) Pieces of her old flannel nightgowns.
(d) Pieces of her old aprons.

6. How does Ms. Johnson describe the man who emerges from the car with Dee?
(a) Short and thin with big glasses.
(b) Tall and fat.
(c) Tall and thin with a big mustache.
(d) Short and stocky with hair all over his head and chin.

7. What animal does Ms. Johnson describe as "soothing and slow?"
(a) Cows.
(b) Horses.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

8. What trait does Ms. Johnson possess in her dreams that the Johnsons don't have in real life?
(a) A quick tongue.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Bashfulness.
(d) Dishonesty.

9. To what does Wangero compare Maggie's brain when Maggie tells Hakim-a-barber who whittled the churn dash?
(a) A piece of straw.
(b) A pea.
(c) An elephant's brain.
(d) A canteloupe.

10. Who whittles Ms. Johnson's churn top?
(a) Great Grandpa Ezra.
(b) Grandpa Jarrell.
(c) Uncle Henry.
(d) Uncle Buddy.

11. Who is Maggie's father?
(a) John Thomas.
(b) The story never reveals this fact.
(c) Stash.
(d) Hakim-a-barber.

12. In Ms. Johnson's dreams, what does Dee pin on her dress on the television program?
(a) A ruby brooch.
(b) An orchid.
(c) A rose.
(d) A sterling silver cross.

13. Who in the Johnson family had the name Dee before Dee and the woman for whom Dee was named?
(a) A first cousin.
(b) Ms. Johnson's mother-in-law.
(c) A great aunt.
(d) Grandma Dee and her mother, Great Grandma Dee.

14. Which of the following is not in a Polaroid of the Johnson family reunion?
(a) Dee.
(b) A cow.
(c) Ms. Johnson.
(d) Maggie.

15. How many rooms did the Johnsons' previous house have?
(a) Eight.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Ms. Johnson's butter churn dasher?

2. Why does Dee change her name?

3. How does Maggie respond to the attempts to shake her hand?

4. After whom does Ms. Johnson name Dee?

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

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