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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) A ruby pendant.
(c) Gold earrings and bracelets.
(d) A silver wristwatch.

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

3. What does the person who wants the butter churn top tell Ms. Johnson she will do with it?
(a) Hang it on her wall.
(b) Make it the centerpiece for her alcove table.
(c) Use it as a flower vase.
(d) Make butter in it.

4. What kind of soil comprises Ms. Johnson's yard?
(a) Rich, dark brown earth.
(b) Dry, dusty soil.
(c) Hard clay.
(d) Red earth.

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

6. For what occasion is Ms. Johnson going to give the quilts to the person to whom she has promised them?
(a) Maggie's wedding to John Thomas.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Maggie's birthday.

7. Where does "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker take place?
(a) Rural Georgia, near Augusta.
(b) Rural Ohio.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) New York City.

8. During the winter, what does Ms. Johnson wear during the day?
(a) Blue jeans and a flannel shirt.
(b) A cotton housedress.
(c) Overalls.
(d) Longjohns.

9. Who stands under a gum tree and observes from a safe distance while tragedy strikes the old Johnson house a decade earlier?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Ms. Johnson.
(c) Dee.
(d) John Thomas.

10. What does Dee's companion end up asking the family to call him?
(a) George.
(b) Hakim-a-barber.
(c) Asalamalakim.
(d) Keeshawn.

11. Which of the following characters are mentioned in "Everyday Use" but do not actually appear on stage?
(a) Hakim-a-barber and Wangero.
(b) Maggie and John Thomas.
(c) Great Grandpa Ezra, John Thomas, and Hakim-a-barber.
(d) Grandma Dee, Aunt Dicie, and Grandpa Jarrell.

12. To whom does Ms. Johnson promise to give the quilts Grandma Dee pieced?
(a) Wangero.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Aunt Dicie.
(d) Hakim-a-barber.

13. How does Ms. Johnson describe Maggie's fiance?
(a) A handsome man with a mustache.
(b) A short, fat man with dimples.
(c) A man with mossy teeth in an earnest face.
(d) A tall man with thick glasses.

14. Which character in "Everyday Use" always looks anyone in the eye because hesitation is not part of her nature?
(a) Dee.
(b) Ms. Johnson.
(c) Aunt Dicie.
(d) Maggie.

15. What scraps of Grandma Dee's clothing are in the quilts?
(a) Pieces of her old pillow cases.
(b) Pieces of her old flannel nightgowns.
(c) Pieces of her old aprons.
(d) Pieces of dresses Grandma Dee wore over 50 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drives Jimmy T, a former suitor, away from Dee?

2. What is the first thing out of the car upon Dee's arrival that identifies Dee to Ms. Johnson?

3. Which member of the Johnson family always criticizes the others?

4. In the story's first paragraph, to which room of the house does Ms. Johnson compare her yard, saying it's an extension of that room?

5. What has Ms. Johnson done to her yard at the beginning of the story?

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