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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 is the socioeconomic status of Ms. Johnson in "Everyday Use?"
(a) She's rich.
(b) She's a slave.
(c) She's middle class.
(d) She's poor.

2. Where are the family's quilt frames kept?
(a) The living room.
(b) The back yard.
(c) The front porch.
(d) The front yard.

3. What is the nickname of the person who whittles Ms. Johnson's churn dasher?
(a) Old Henry.
(b) Stash.
(c) Big Bear.
(d) Stump.

4. What does Dee's companion do for a living?
(a) The story does not reveal this information.
(b) He is a college professor.
(c) He is a politician.
(d) He is a physician.

5. How does Ms. Johnson describe the man who emerges from the car with Dee?
(a) Tall and fat.
(b) Tall and thin with a big mustache.
(c) Short and stocky with hair all over his head and chin.
(d) Short and thin with big glasses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Johnson notice in the wood of the dasher?

2. Which Johnson family member possesses the most self confidence?

3. What does Ms. Johnson think that Dee had at age sixteen?

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

5. What animal does Ms. Johnson describe as "soothing and slow?"

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Johnson family home.

3. Which Johnson sister knows how to quilt and what does her ability illustrate about her character?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Maggie's smile at the end of "Everyday Use" indicate?

9. What does Ms. Johnson think Maggie believes is her "portion" in life?

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

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