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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does the character who goes to school in Augusta try to share her knowledge with the rest of the family?
(a) She loans them her textbooks.
(b) She encourages them to enroll in college.
(c) She invites them to her school recitals.
(d) She reads to them.

4. What does Jimmy T do soon after breaking up with Dee?
(a) Wreck his car.
(b) Move to Atlanta.
(c) Marry another woman.
(d) Enlist in the Army.

5. What does Ms. Johnson offer Wangero instead of the two quilts Grandma Dee pieced?
(a) Her mother's wedding dress.
(b) The butter churn dasher and top.
(c) Grandma Dee's butter dish.
(d) One or two other quilts in her collection.

6. Which character in "Everyday Use" goes to school in Augusta on money Ms. Johnson and her church raise?
(a) Hakim-a-barber.
(b) Dee.
(c) John Thomas.
(d) Maggie.

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

8. Whose name is twice as long and three times as hard as Wangero's in Ms. Johnson's opinion?
(a) Dee's male companion.
(b) Dee's college professor.
(c) Dee's pastor.
(d) Dee's college roommate.

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

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

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

12. Who is the antagonist in "Everyday Use?"
(a) Dee.
(b) John Thomas.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Ms. Johnson.

13. How does Dee look in comparison to Maggie?
(a) She's more freckled and wears thicker glasses.
(b) She's shorter and has more warts.
(c) She's taller and fatter.
(d) She's lighter in complexion with nicer hair and a fuller figure.

14. What does Wangero feel on the benches when she runs her hands along them?
(a) Rump prints.
(b) Chips in the wood.
(c) The smooth surface of the varnished wood.
(d) Splinters.

15. What color is the dress Dee wears for her reunion with her mother and sister?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Orange and yellow.
(d) Black and white plaid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Johnson note is still in the butter churn during dinner?

2. Who whittles Ms. Johnson's churn top?

3. What comes over Ms. Johnson at the end of the story when she sees Maggie looking at Wangero with fear?

4. When Ms. Johnson snatches Grandma Dee's quilts from Wangero's hands, into whose hands does she place them?

5. On the television show in her dreams, what does Ms. Johnson look like?

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