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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Ms. Johnson used to think Dee felt about Maggie?
(a) That Dee hated Maggie.
(b) That Dee considered Maggie an embarrassment.
(c) That Dee was jealous of Maggie.
(d) That Dee adored Maggie.

2. What kind of jobs has Ms. Johnson always done well?
(a) Man's farm work like butchering and milking.
(b) Nursing jobs.
(c) Housekeeping or maid jobs.
(d) Clerical jobs.

3. Who fills her bottom lip with checkerberry snuff at the end of "Everyday Use?"
(a) Ms. Johnson.
(b) Wangero.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Aunt Dicie.

4. What looks like a mule tail to Ms. Johnson when she sees Dee's male companion?
(a) The man's mustache.
(b) The man's braid.
(c) The man's ponytail.
(d) The hair hanging from the man's chin.

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

6. What does Ms. Johnson say could be done if the quilts do become rags in five years?
(a) Ms. Johnson could knit Maggie some blankets.
(b) Ms. Johnson could buy new quilts for Maggie.
(c) Maggie could buy new quilts.
(d) Maggie could make herself some new quilts.

7. How does the Johnson's current home different from their previous home?
(a) It is larger.
(b) It has a tin roof instead of a shingle roof.
(c) It has more land with it.
(d) It is smaller.

8. Who does Dee say she will never bring to visit her family's home?
(a) Her pastor.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her college professors.

9. With what has Ms. Johnson primarily been concerned all her life?
(a) Survival.
(b) Sewing and quilting.
(c) Religion.
(d) Milking cows.

10. Which character in "Everyday Use" has no education?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Grandma Dee.
(c) Ms. Johnson.
(d) John Thomas.

11. To what group of people does Ms. Johnson ask Hakim-a-barber if he belongs?
(a) Sheep farmers down the road.
(b) Her Muslim neighbors who raise cattle.
(c) A group of local artisans.
(d) Muslim extremists in Augusta.

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

13. To whom does Ms. Johnson always talk "With one foot raised in flight" and her head turned in whatever direction is farthest from them?
(a) Black men.
(b) White men.
(c) People with college degrees.
(d) White women.

14. How does Dee look in comparison to Maggie?
(a) She's more freckled and wears thicker glasses.
(b) She's taller and fatter.
(c) She's lighter in complexion with nicer hair and a fuller figure.
(d) She's shorter and has more warts.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maggie respond to the attempts to shake her hand?

2. What comes over Ms. Johnson at the end of the story when she sees Maggie looking at Wangero with fear?

3. Once Maggie weds, what is Ms. Johnson free to sit in her yard and do?

4. Who makes the sounds in the kitchen?

5. What kind of dress does Dee wear to her graduation?

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