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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. Which character in "Everyday Use" always walks with her eyes on the ground and her chin on her chest?
(a) Uncle Buddy.
(b) Dee.
(c) Ms. Johnson.
(d) Maggie.

2. Who makes the sounds in the kitchen?
(a) Grandma Dee.
(b) Hakim-a-barber.
(c) Aunt Dicie.
(d) Maggie.

3. What does Jimmy T do soon after breaking up with Dee?
(a) Enlist in the Army.
(b) Wreck his car.
(c) Marry another woman.
(d) Move to Atlanta.

4. What does Ms. Johnson do in church when the spirit of God touches her?
(a) She prays aloud.
(b) She gets happy and shouts.
(c) She reads aloud from her Bible.
(d) She gives a sermon.

5. What does Wangero plan to do with the quilts?
(a) Donate them to a museum.
(b) Hang them as art on her walls.
(c) Use them on her beds.
(d) Use them as curtains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Johnson kill with a sledge hammer one winter?

2. Which Johnson family women quilts the quilt tops that Grandma Dee pieces?

3. To what group of people does Ms. Johnson ask Hakim-a-barber if he belongs?

4. Who in the Johnson family had the name Dee before Dee and the woman for whom Dee was named?

5. After dinner, who goes into Ms. Johnson's room and riffles through the trunk at the foot of Ms. Johnson's bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the title of "Everyday Use?"

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

3. Describe John Thomas and his role in the story.

4. Why does Dee's sister Maggie feel insecure when Hakim-a-barber tries to shake her hand?

5. To whom is Dee referring when she says "It's really a new day for us" at the end of the story?

6. Why does Dee include the house in every picture she takes with her camera if she dislikes the house?

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

8. Describe Dee's relationship with Jimmy T and what it indicates about her.

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

10. What is the significance of Dee's always wanting to read to people in her youth?

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