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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of shoes is Dee wearing for her reunion with her mother and sister?
(a) Flipflops.
(b) Sandals.
(c) High heels.
(d) Go go boots.

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

3. Who makes the dining benches on which the Johnsons and Hakim-a-barber sit during dinner?
(a) Dee's brother.
(b) Dee's father.
(c) Stash.
(d) Uncle Buddy.

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

5. How many quilts does Dee/Wangero take back to the city with her at the end of the story?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Four.

6. What does Ms. Johnson ask Maggie to bring her at the end of the story?
(a) Another plate of dinner.
(b) A quilt from the trunk.
(c) A dip of snuff.
(d) A needle and thread to begin another quilt.

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

8. What does Ms. Johnson do in church when the spirit of God touches her?
(a) She gives a sermon.
(b) She gets happy and shouts.
(c) She prays aloud.
(d) She reads aloud from her Bible.

9. At the beginning of "Everyday Use," who does Ms. Johnson say will regard Dee with a mixture of envy and awe?
(a) Grandpa Ezra.
(b) Grandma Dee.
(c) Maggie.
(d) John Thomas.

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

11. When Ms. Johnson snatches the quilts from Wangero's hands, who sits on the bed with her mouth open in shock?
(a) Wangero.
(b) Grandma Dee.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Aunt Dicie.

12. 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 living room.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The kitchen.

13. 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.

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

15. Whose name is twice as long and three times as hard as Wangero's in Ms. Johnson's opinion?
(a) Dee's male companion.
(b) Dee's pastor.
(c) Dee's college professor.
(d) Dee's college roommate.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Whose hand closes over Grandma Dee's butter dish at dinner?

5. What is the socioeconomic status of Ms. Johnson in "Everyday Use?"

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