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

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

3. Which character in "Everyday Use" delights in the chitlins and corn bread, greens and sweet potatoes Ms. Johnson serves for dinner during Dee's visit?
(a) Wangero.
(b) John Thomas.
(c) Hakim-a-barber.
(d) Maggie.

4. What facial expression does Maggie have after her sister leaves?
(a) One of ire.
(b) Tears.
(c) A frown.
(d) A smile.

5. Why does Wangero want the two quilts Grandma Dee pieced rather than the substitute gift her mother offers her?
(a) They're older.
(b) They're handstitched & the others are machine-stitched.
(c) They're prettier.
(d) Grandma Dee pieced them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Johnson remember from the tragedy that befell her home ten to twelve years earlier?

2. How many children does Ms. Johnson have?

3. Who does Maggie marry?

4. To what does Dee change her name?

5. To what does Wangero compare Maggie's brain when Maggie tells Hakim-a-barber who whittled the churn dash?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the way Dee dresses for her visit with her family indicate about her character?

2. What is the significance of the sunglasses Dee wears at the end of the story and the fact that they hide most of her face?

3. In Alice Walker's "Everyday Use," who is the antagonist of the story and what identifies that character as the antagonist?

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

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

6. Explain Dee's feelings about white people.

7. Why are the hairstyles of Hakim-a-barber and Dee/Wangero described in such detail in the story while Maggie and Ms. Johnson's hairstyles are not described?

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

9. What is Ms. Johnson's relationship with her daughter Dee like?

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

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