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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. How does Maggie respond to the attempts to shake her hand?
(a) She screams.
(b) She shakes hands heartily.
(c) She keeps trying to pull her limp, sweating hand back.
(d) She runs away.

2. Which character in "Everyday Use" refuses to eat collard greens and considers pork unclean?
(a) Wangero.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Grandma Dee.
(d) Hakim-a-barber.

3. At the beginning of "Everyday Use," with whom is Ms. Johnson waiting in the yard?
(a) Hakim-a-barber.
(b) Her daughter, Maggie.
(c) Grandma Dee.
(d) Big Dee.

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

5. Who is Maggie's father?
(a) John Thomas.
(b) Hakim-a-barber.
(c) Stash.
(d) The story never reveals this fact.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. How does Ms. Johnson describe Dee's feet?

4. In "Everyday Use," whose school closes after second grade?

5. Which character in "Everyday Use" has no education?

Short Essay Questions

1. Ms. Johnson's dream involves appearing on television with Dee and having Dee thank her for her role in Dee's succee. Is there any evidence in "Everyday Use" that Dee appreciate her mother's role in her success?

2. What happened to the Johnsons' previous home and how has this tragedy affected the family?

3. What is Ms. Johnson's relationship with her daughter Maggie like?

4. In what era is "Everyday Use" set and how does this time period affect the story?

5. Is there any significance to the fact that neither Ms. Johnson's marital state nor Dee's are revealed in "Everyday Use?"

6. Which character in "Everyday Use" is a foil character and what helps identify that character as a foil character?

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

8. What kind of life has Ms. Johnson lived?

9. What do the Johnson family heirlooms like the butter churn and patchwork quilts indicate about the Johnson family and about southern Black culture?

10. What information is revealed about Grandma Dee in "Everyday Use" even though she never appears onstage?

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