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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ms. Johnson offer Wangero instead of the two quilts Grandma Dee pieced?
(a) Her mother's wedding dress.
(b) The butter churn dasher and top.
(c) One or two other quilts in her collection.
(d) Grandma Dee's butter dish.

3. 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) Dee's terror.
(d) How the neighbors helped with the tragedy.

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

5. How many sons does Ms. Johnson have?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Dee's relationship to Maggie?

3. At the end of the story, what quilts does Ms. Johnson tell Dee to take back to the city with her?

4. How many characters in "Everyday Use" own cars?

5. What is Hakim-a-barber's religion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Dee think Maggie deserves their mother's two hand-stitched quilts?

2. Explain how Ms. Johnson looks in real life and how her actual appearance differs from how she appears in her dreams.

3. Although the exact setting of "Everyday Use" is never specified, what clues in the text indicate where the story takes place?

4. Discuss the role of Great Grandpa Ezra in "Everyday Use."

5. How strong is Ms. Johnson physically and what might her physical strength indicate about her inner strength?

6. What is Maggie's relationship with Dee like?

7. What does Maggie wear for Dee's visit and what does her outfit illustrate about her character?

8. Who is the protagonist of "Everyday Use" and what identifies that character as the protagonist?

9. What references to racial prejudice are there in "Everyday Use?"

10. What does the way Maggie walks and carries herself indicate?

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