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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ms. Johnson remember from the tragedy that befell her home ten to twelve years earlier?
(a) Holding Maggie with her smoking hair and peeling dress.
(b) How the neighbors helped with the tragedy.
(c) The firemen working to put out the flames.
(d) Dee's terror.

2. At the beginning of "Everyday Use," who does Ms. Johnson say will regard Dee with a mixture of envy and awe?
(a) Grandpa Ezra.
(b) John Thomas.
(c) Grandma Dee.
(d) Maggie.

3. What has Ms. Johnson done to her yard at the beginning of the story?
(a) Mulched it.
(b) Mowed it.
(c) Planted flowers in it.
(d) Cleaned and swept it like a floor.

4. To what does Dee change her name?
(a) Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo.
(b) Kenisha Jackson.
(c) Ariella Candace Jones.
(d) Raelene Jordan.

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

6. How does Maggie respond to the attempts to shake her hand?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She shakes hands heartily.
(c) She screams.
(d) She keeps trying to pull her limp, sweating hand back.

7. What does Ms. Johnson think Dee's companion does for a living because of his name?
(a) She thinks he's a barber.
(b) She thinks he's a lawyer.
(c) She thinks he's a Musllim preacher.
(d) She thinks he's a college professor.

8. What does Ms. Johnson ask Maggie to bring her at the end of the story?
(a) Another plate of dinner.
(b) A needle and thread to begin another quilt.
(c) A dip of snuff.
(d) A quilt from the trunk.

9. What noises tell Ms. Johnson someone is standing outside the room in which she and Wangero are?
(a) Maggie's breathing.
(b) The television set comes on.
(c) The radio comes on.
(d) Maggies footsteps.

10. Who takes Polaroids of the Johnson family reunion?
(a) Mrs. Johnson.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Dee.
(d) Hakim-a-barber.

11. How does the Johnson's current home different from their previous home?
(a) It is larger.
(b) It has a tin roof instead of a shingle roof.
(c) It is smaller.
(d) It has more land with it.

12. How does Ms. Johnson describe Dee's feet?
(a) Small and dainty.
(b) Neat looking as if God shaped them with a certain style.
(c) Big with hairy toes.
(d) Perfectly pedicured.

13. 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) An elephant's brain.
(c) A pea.
(d) A canteloupe.

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

15. At the beginning of "Everyday Use," what kind of tree does Ms. Johnson say she likes to sit outside and look up into while enjoying the breeze?
(a) A maple tree.
(b) An elm tree.
(c) A pine tree.
(d) A sycamore tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Maggie weds, what is Ms. Johnson free to sit in her yard and do?

2. Where are the family's quilt frames kept?

3. Who does Dee say she will never bring to visit her family's home?

4. What is Dee's relationship to Maggie?

5. Who is the first male character to appear onstage in "Everyday Use?"

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