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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many rooms does the Johnsons' current house have?
(a) Eight.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

2. What does Wangero plan to do with the quilts?
(a) Hang them as art on her walls.
(b) Use them as curtains.
(c) Donate them to a museum.
(d) Use them on her beds.

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

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

5. What does Ms. Johnson call Dee's companion in her thoughts?
(a) George.
(b) The Muslim.
(c) Asalamalakim.
(d) The barber.

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

7. Who keeps trying to shake Maggie's hand at the reunion?
(a) Hakim-a-barber.
(b) John Thomas.
(c) Dee.
(d) Ms. Johnson.

8. Who in the Johnson family had the name Dee before Dee and the woman for whom Dee was named?
(a) Grandma Dee and her mother, Great Grandma Dee.
(b) A great aunt.
(c) Ms. Johnson's mother-in-law.
(d) A first cousin.

9. Why advantage does Ms. Johnson think her substitute gift has over the quilts Wangero wants?
(a) Machine-stitched quilts will last longer than hand-stitched.
(b) Her other quilts are prettier.
(c) Her other quilts are made of warmer fabrics.
(d) Her other quilts are newer.

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

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

12. What happens to the Johnson's previous house ten to twelve years before the events in "Everyday Use"?
(a) Termites and rats infest it.
(b) The bank repossesses it.
(c) It burns to the ground.
(d) A tornado devastates it.

13. When boys and girls hang around Dee in her youth, what does she do to entertain them?
(a) She plays hopskotch with them.
(b) She reads to them.
(c) She sings to them.
(d) She plays records for them.

14. Who asks Ms. Johnson for the butter churn dasher?
(a) Wangero.
(b) John Thomas.
(c) Hakim-a-barber.
(d) Maggie.

15. Who is the first male character to appear onstage in "Everyday Use?"
(a) John Thomas.
(b) Grandpa Jarrell.
(c) Hakim-a-barber.
(d) Great Grandpa Ezra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Ms. Johnson's butter churn dasher?

2. What is the relationship of the person who whittles Ms. Johnson's butter churn dash to Aunt Dicie/Big Dee?

3. Who hates the current Johnson house as well as the old Johnson house?

4. What kind of jobs has Ms. Johnson always done well?

5. What happens to Ms. Johnson in 1949?

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