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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) Laziness.
(c) Dishonesty.
(d) Bashfulness.

2. What does Ms. Johnson remember from the tragedy that befell her home ten to twelve years earlier?
(a) How the neighbors helped with the tragedy.
(b) The firemen working to put out the flames.
(c) Holding Maggie with her smoking hair and peeling dress.
(d) Dee's terror.

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

4. What looks like a mule tail to Ms. Johnson when she sees Dee's male companion?
(a) The man's mustache.
(b) The man's braid.
(c) The hair hanging from the man's chin.
(d) The man's ponytail.

5. Who makes the dining benches on which the Johnsons and Hakim-a-barber sit during dinner?
(a) Uncle Buddy.
(b) Dee's brother.
(c) Stash.
(d) Dee's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Wangero want the two quilts Grandma Dee pieced rather than the substitute gift her mother offers her?

2. Which character in "Everyday Use" always walks with her eyes on the ground and her chin on her chest?

3. What is the socioeconomic status of Ms. Johnson in "Everyday Use?"

4. Who does Dee say she will never bring to visit her family's home?

5. What does Wangero find in her mother's trunk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the difference in what Dee wants to use her mother's quilts and the way Maggie wants to use the quilts.

2. 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?

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

4. What do Dee's light skin and her white heel symbolize?

5. How does Dee differ from her mother and sister?

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

7. Why does Dee change her name to Wangero in "Everyday Use?"

8. What does Hakim-a-barber's car indicate about his character and Dee's?

9. Explain Dee's feelings about white people.

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

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