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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ms. Johnson remember from the tragedy that befell her home ten to twelve years earlier?
(a) The firemen working to put out the flames.
(b) Holding Maggie with her smoking hair and peeling dress.
(c) How the neighbors helped with the tragedy.
(d) Dee's terror.

2. 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 does't want it because it is too plain.
(c) She wants to learn to quilt herself.
(d) She doesn't want it because it is old-fashioned.

3. What does Ms. Johnson think Dee's companion does for a living because of his name?
(a) She thinks he's a barber.
(b) She thinks he's a Musllim preacher.
(c) She thinks he's a college professor.
(d) She thinks he's a lawyer.

4. Who takes Polaroids of the Johnson family reunion?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Hakim-a-barber.
(c) Dee.
(d) Mrs. Johnson.

5. How does Ms. Johnson feel about Wangero's new name?
(a) She will abide by Wangero's wishes & use the new name.
(b) It insults the family heritage of women named Dee.
(c) It is an ugly name.
(d) It is a name she will never prounounce correctly.

6. What noises tell Ms. Johnson someone is standing outside the room in which she and Wangero are?
(a) The television set comes on.
(b) Maggie's breathing.
(c) Maggies footsteps.
(d) The radio comes on.

7. Who puts on a pair of sunglasses at the end of "Everyday Use"?
(a) Hakim-a-barber.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Wangero.
(d) Ms. Johnson.

8. What is the nickname of the person who whittles Ms. Johnson's churn dasher?
(a) Stump.
(b) Stash.
(c) Big Bear.
(d) Old Henry.

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

10. What trait does Ms. Johnson possess in her dreams that the Johnsons don't have in real life?
(a) Dishonesty.
(b) Laziness.
(c) A quick tongue.
(d) Bashfulness.

11. 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?
(a) The dining room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The living room.

12. Who is the protagonist in "Everyday Use?"
(a) Maggie.
(b) Ms. Johnson.
(c) Aunt Dicie.
(d) Dee.

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

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

15. Who escapes unharmed from the tragedy that befell the old Johnson house?
(a) John Thomas.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Dee and Ms. Johnson.
(d) Aunt Dicie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scraps of Grandpa Jarrell's clothes are in the quilts?

2. With what has Ms. Johnson primarily been concerned all her life?

3. Which character in "Everyday Use" always looks anyone in the eye because hesitation is not part of her nature?

4. What does the person who wants the butter churn dash tell Ms. Johnson she will do with it?

5. To what does Wangero compare Maggie's brain when Maggie tells Hakim-a-barber who whittled the churn dash?

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