View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Ms. Johnson say the world never tells Dee?
(a) Yes.
(b) Prosper.
(c) No.
(d) Stop.

2. How did Ms. Johnson used to think Dee felt about Maggie?
(a) That Dee hated Maggie.
(b) That Dee was jealous of Maggie.
(c) That Dee adored Maggie.
(d) That Dee considered Maggie an embarrassment.

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

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

5. Which Johnson family women quilts the quilt tops that Grandma Dee pieces?
(a) Great Grandma Dee and Aunt Dicie.
(b) Aunt Cassie and Maggie.
(c) Cousin Celie and Cousin Jill.
(d) Ms. Johnson and her sister, Aunt Dicie or Big Dee.

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

7. On the television show in her dreams, what does Ms. Johnson look like?
(a) She's short and dark with glasses and white hair.
(b) She's tall and plump with a gray Afro.
(c) She's thin with a light complexion and glistening hair.
(d) She's tall and dark with lots of jewels and furs.

8. Who hates the current Johnson house as well as the old Johnson house?
(a) Grandma Dee.
(b) Dee.
(c) Aunt Dicie.
(d) Ms. Johnson.

9. What is the first thing out of the car upon Dee's arrival that identifies Dee to Ms. Johnson?
(a) Her leg.
(b) Her arm.
(c) Her purse.
(d) Her head.

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

11. At the end of the story, what quilts does Ms. Johnson tell Dee to take back to the city with her?
(a) The ones on Ms. Johnson's bed.
(b) One or two of the machine-stitched ones.
(c) Two on Maggie's bed that need washing.
(d) The hand-stitched ones Grandma Dee pieced.

12. What is Hakim-a-barber's religion?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Wiccan.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Christian.

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

14. Who does Maggie marry?
(a) The local preacher.
(b) One of her teachers.
(c) Hakim-a-barber.
(d) John Thomas.

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 entire Johnson family.
(b) Herself and her mother.
(c) The Johnson sisters.
(d) African Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character in "Everyday Use" has burn scars?

2. How many sons does Ms. Johnson have?

3. Who stands under a gum tree and observes from a safe distance while tragedy strikes the old Johnson house a decade earlier?

4. Why does Wangero want the two quilts Grandma Dee pieced rather than the substitute gift her mother offers her?

5. How does the Johnson's current home different from their previous home?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 500 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample