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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Hakim-a-barber feel about the group of people to which Ms. Johnson asks if he belongs?
(a) He shares their doctrines, but doesn't farm or raise cattle.
(b) He hates them.
(c) He considers them allies.
(d) He disagrees with their doctrines.

3. Who learns to quilt from Grandma Dee and Aunt Dicie/Big Dee?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Ms. Johnson.
(c) Hakim-a-barber.
(d) Wangero.

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

5. On what occasion has Ms. Johnson offered Dee a quilt in the past?
(a) The previous Christmas.
(b) When Dee left for college.
(c) Dee's high school graduation.
(d) Dee's eighteenth birthday.

6. 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) John Thomas.
(c) Ms. Johnson.
(d) Dee.

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

8. What kind of jobs has Ms. Johnson always done well?
(a) Man's farm work like butchering and milking.
(b) Housekeeping or maid jobs.
(c) Nursing jobs.
(d) Clerical jobs.

9. When Ms. Johnson offers Dee a quilt in the past, what is Dee's reaction?
(a) She loves the idea, takes the quilt and asks for more.
(b) She doesn't want it because it is old-fashioned.
(c) She does't want it because it is too plain.
(d) She wants to learn to quilt herself.

10. Who does Dee say she will never bring to visit her family's home?
(a) Her college professors.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Her pastor.

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

12. How is the weather when Dee comes to visit her family?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Hot.
(c) Foggy.
(d) Snowy.

13. What does Ms. Johnson kill with a sledge hammer one winter?
(a) A hog.
(b) A bull calf.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A rat.

14. What scraps of Grandpa Jarrell's clothes are in the quilts?
(a) Pieces of his Paisley shirts.
(b) Pieces of his flannel shirts.
(c) Pieces of his woolen longjohns.
(d) Pieces of his overalls.

15. In what patterns are the two quilts Wangero finds in the trunk sewn?
(a) The Dutch Doll and Drunkard's path patterns.
(b) The Southern Belle and Dutch Doll patterns.
(c) The Drunkard's Path and Lone Star patterns.
(d) The Lone Star and Walk Around the Mountain patterns.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Ms. Johnson's dreams, what does Dee pin on her dress on the television program?

2. Who is Maggie's father?

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

4. What is Dee's relationship to Maggie?

5. What does Ms. Johnson notice in the wood of the dasher?

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