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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 kill with a sledge hammer one winter?
(a) A bull calf.
(b) A hog.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A rat.

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

3. Who overhears Wangero and Ms. Johnson discussing the quilts?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Grandpa Jarrell.
(c) Grandma Dee.
(d) Aunt Dicie.

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

5. To whom does Ms. Johnson promise to give the quilts Grandma Dee pieced?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Aunt Dicie.
(c) Wangero.
(d) Hakim-a-barber.

6. How many children does Ms. Johnson have?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

7. How many Johnson women are Dee?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

8. How long is Dee's dress when she exits the car?
(a) It is a mini skirt.
(b) It touches her calves.
(c) It touches the ground.
(d) It reaches her knees.

9. What word does Ms. Johnson say the world never tells Dee?
(a) Prosper.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Stop.

10. Who is the first male character to appear onstage in "Everyday Use?"
(a) Hakim-a-barber.
(b) John Thomas.
(c) Grandpa Jarrell.
(d) Great Grandpa Ezra.

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

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

13. What scraps of Grandma Dee's clothing are in the quilts?
(a) Pieces of dresses Grandma Dee wore over 50 years ago.
(b) Pieces of her old flannel nightgowns.
(c) Pieces of her old pillow cases.
(d) Pieces of her old aprons.

14. From where does the wood that gives Ms. Johnson's dasher its color come?
(a) A tree that grew in the yard where Big Dee and Stash lived.
(b) The woods behind Grandma Dee's house.
(c) Africa.
(d) Augusta.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sons does Ms. Johnson have?

2. When Dee says "It's really a new day for us" at the end of the story, to whom is she referring?

3. On what occasion has Ms. Johnson offered Dee a quilt in the past?

4. What does Dee want to match a green suit she makes from an old suit someone gives her mother?

5. When Ms. Johnson finds Wangero's name hard to pronounce, what does Wangero say?

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