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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 call Dee's companion in her thoughts?
(a) The Muslim.
(b) The barber.
(c) George.
(d) Asalamalakim.

2. Why do the Johnsons have dining benches instead of dining chairs?
(a) They don't like chairs.
(b) Dee's father doesn't know how to make chairs.
(c) They can't afford chairs.
(d) Ms. Johnson finds chairs uncomfortable to sit on.

3. What is Ms. Johnson's marital state?
(a) Married.
(b) Separated.
(c) Divorced.
(d) The story never reveals this fact.

4. 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.

5. What facial expression does Maggie have after her sister leaves?
(a) One of ire.
(b) Tears.
(c) A frown.
(d) A smile.

6. How does Dee respond when her mother asks her what happened to Dee?
(a) She says Hakim-a-barber hates the name Dee.
(b) She says Dee is wanted by the police.
(c) She says Dee is wanted by the IRS.
(d) She says Dee's dead.

7. Who is Dee's father?
(a) Great Grandpa Ezra.
(b) The story never reveals this fact.
(c) Grandpa Jarrell.
(d) Uncle Buddy.

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

9. How many rooms does the Johnsons' current house have?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Eight.
(d) Two.

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

11. Which character in "Everyday Use" has burn scars?
(a) Hakim-a-barber.
(b) Aunt Dicie.
(c) Grandma Dee.
(d) Maggie.

12. Who claims to be able to remember Grandma Dee without the quilts?
(a) Wangero.
(b) Maggie.
(c) John Thomas.
(d) Hakim-a-barber.

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

14. Once Maggie weds, what is Ms. Johnson free to sit in her yard and do?
(a) Raise flowers.
(b) Sing church songs.
(c) Quilt.
(d) Plant corn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ms. Johnson feel about Wangero's new name?

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

3. Who hangs in the kitchen doing dishes after the Johnsons' reunion dinner?

4. Who wraps Ms. Johnson's dasher right there at the dinner table?

5. What happens to the Johnson's previous house ten to twelve years before the events in "Everyday Use"?

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