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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the Johnson family always criticizes the others?
(a) Ms. Johnson.
(b) Dee.
(c) Grandma Dee.
(d) Maggie.

2. What hairstyle is Dee wearing when she arrives at her family's home?
(a) She has shaved her head.
(b) Two long pigtails roped around her ears.
(c) Dreadlocks.
(d) A short Afro.

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

4. In real life, what does Ms. Johnson look like?
(a) She's skinny and short.
(b) She's white-haired and petite.
(c) She's large and big-boned with rough, man-working hands.
(d) She's freckled and has blonde hair.

5. At the beginning of "Everyday Use," what kind of tree does Ms. Johnson say she likes to sit outside and look up into while enjoying the breeze?
(a) A sycamore tree.
(b) A maple tree.
(c) An elm tree.
(d) A pine tree.

6. Once Maggie weds, what is Ms. Johnson free to sit in her yard and do?
(a) Plant corn.
(b) Sing church songs.
(c) Raise flowers.
(d) Quilt.

7. Which Johnson women know how to quilt?
(a) Maggie, Grandma Dee and Wangero.
(b) Maggie, Ms. Johnson, Wangero and Aunt Dicie.
(c) Everyone but Wangero.
(d) Ms. Johnson, Wangero, and Grandma Dee.

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

9. Which character in "Everyday Use" refuses to eat collard greens and considers pork unclean?
(a) Grandma Dee.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Wangero.
(d) Hakim-a-barber.

10. How does Ms. Johnson describe Dee's feet?
(a) Big with hairy toes.
(b) Neat looking as if God shaped them with a certain style.
(c) Small and dainty.
(d) Perfectly pedicured.

11. After dinner, who goes into Ms. Johnson's room and riffles through the trunk at the foot of Ms. Johnson's bed?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Hakim-a-barber.
(c) Wangero.
(d) Ms. Johnson.

12. When Ms. Johnson finds Wangero's name hard to pronounce, what does Wangero say?
(a) Ms. Johnson could prounounce it if she were smarter.
(b) Ms. Johnson should practice saying it until she gets it right.
(c) Ms. Johnson doesn't have to use it if she doesn't want to.
(d) Ms. Johnson can used the shortened version Wang.

13. 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 made of warmer fabrics.
(c) Her other quilts are prettier.
(d) Her other quilts are newer.

14. At the beginning of "Everyday Use," with whom is Ms. Johnson waiting in the yard?
(a) Big Dee.
(b) Grandma Dee.
(c) Hakim-a-barber.
(d) Her daughter, Maggie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who is Maggie's father?

3. Which character in "Everyday Use" always walks with her eyes on the ground and her chin on her chest?

4. What noises tell Ms. Johnson someone is standing outside the room in which she and Wangero are?

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

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