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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 considers them allies.
(c) He disagrees with their doctrines.
(d) He hates them.

2. 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 pine tree.
(b) A sycamore tree.
(c) An elm tree.
(d) A maple tree.

3. What kind of windows does the current Johnson home have?
(a) It's windowless.
(b) Big bay windows.
(c) Real glass windows.
(d) Holes cut in the sides with shutters held by rawhide.

4. Which Johnson family women quilts the quilt tops that Grandma Dee pieces?
(a) Cousin Celie and Cousin Jill.
(b) Aunt Cassie and Maggie.
(c) Great Grandma Dee and Aunt Dicie.
(d) Ms. Johnson and her sister, Aunt Dicie or Big Dee.

5. During the winter, how does Ms. Johnson get water for washing?
(a) From her farm's well.
(b) From bottled water she buys at the store in town.
(c) From her faucet.
(d) By breaking ice.

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

7. Who tells Ms. Johnson she doesn't understand her heritage?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Hakim-a-barber.
(c) Wangero.
(d) Aunt Dicie.

8. What does Wangero feel on the benches when she runs her hands along them?
(a) The smooth surface of the varnished wood.
(b) Chips in the wood.
(c) Rump prints.
(d) Splinters.

9. After whom does Ms. Johnson name Dee?
(a) Aunt Dicie, Ms. Johnson's sister and Dee's aunt.
(b) A good friend.
(c) A cousin.
(d) An old neighbor.

10. During the winter, what does Ms. Johnson wear during the day?
(a) A cotton housedress.
(b) Overalls.
(c) Longjohns.
(d) Blue jeans and a flannel shirt.

11. What does Ms. Johnson think that Dee had at age sixteen?
(a) Artistic talent.
(b) A great singing voice.
(c) A style of her own.
(d) A great speaking voice.

12. In "Everyday Use," whose school closes after second grade?
(a) Maggie's.
(b) John Thomas's.
(c) Dee's.
(d) Ms. Johnson's.

13. How does Ms. Johnson describe Maggie's fiance?
(a) A tall man with thick glasses.
(b) A man with mossy teeth in an earnest face.
(c) A handsome man with a mustache.
(d) A short, fat man with dimples.

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

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 Drunkard's Path and Lone Star patterns.
(c) The Southern Belle and Dutch Doll patterns.
(d) The Lone Star and Walk Around the Mountain patterns.

Short Answer Questions

1. When their school closes after the second grade, why don't the local Blacks protest?

2. How long is Dee's dress when she exits the car?

3. How does Ms. Johnson describe the man who emerges from the car with Dee?

4. What kind of shoes is Dee wearing for her reunion with her mother and sister?

5. Who keeps trying to shake Maggie's hand at the reunion?

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