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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of jewelry does Dee wear for her reunion with her mother and sister?
(a) Pear earrings.
(b) Gold earrings and bracelets.
(c) A silver wristwatch.
(d) A ruby pendant.

2. What scrap of Great Grandpa Ezra's clothing is in the quilts?
(a) A piece of his old red flannel shirt.
(b) A piece of his Civil War uniform.
(c) A piece of his wedding pants.
(d) A piece of his christening gown.

3. What does Dee want to match a green suit she makes from an old suit someone gives her mother?
(a) A green blouse.
(b) Black pumps.
(c) A hair barrette.
(d) A pair of earrings.

4. Whose hand closes over Grandma Dee's butter dish at dinner?
(a) Maggie's.
(b) Ms. Johnson's.
(c) Hakim-a-barber's.
(d) Wangero's.

5. When their school closes after the second grade, why don't the local Blacks protest?
(a) There is little community support for reopening it.
(b) Their children are needed on the farm instead of in school.
(c) In 1927 they ask fewer questions than they do now.
(d) They fear violent repercussions.

6. Who asks Ms. Johnson for the family's butter churn top?
(a) Wangero.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Hakim-a-barber.
(d) John Thomas.

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

8. Which Johnson women know how to quilt?
(a) Everyone but Wangero.
(b) Ms. Johnson, Wangero, and Grandma Dee.
(c) Maggie, Ms. Johnson, Wangero and Aunt Dicie.
(d) Maggie, Grandma Dee and Wangero.

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

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

11. How many Johnson women are Dee?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

12. What does Maggie wear for Dee's arrival in "Everyday Use"?
(a) A mini skirt.
(b) Blue jeans and a white blouse.
(c) A pink skirt and red blouse.
(d) Overalls.

13. When Ms. Johnson finds Wangero's name hard to pronounce, what does Wangero say?
(a) Ms. Johnson can used the shortened version Wang.
(b) Ms. Johnson could prounounce it if she were smarter.
(c) Ms. Johnson should practice saying it until she gets it right.
(d) Ms. Johnson doesn't have to use it if she doesn't want to.

14. What kind of shoes is Dee wearing for her reunion with her mother and sister?
(a) Go go boots.
(b) High heels.
(c) Flipflops.
(d) Sandals.

15. When Dee says "It's really a new day for us" at the end of the story, to whom is she referring?
(a) The Johnson sisters.
(b) African Americans.
(c) The entire Johnson family.
(d) Herself and her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many quilts does Dee/Wangero take back to the city with her at the end of the story?

2. Where does "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker take place?

3. How much does Dee think Grandma Dee's quilts are worth?

4. In what patterns are the two quilts Wangero finds in the trunk sewn?

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

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