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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. For what does Ms. Johnson lose her taste as a result of what happens to her in 1949?
(a) Milk.
(b) Cornbread.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Strawberries.

2. How does Dee respond when her mother asks her what happened to Dee?
(a) She says Dee is wanted by the police.
(b) She says Dee is wanted by the IRS.
(c) She says Dee's dead.
(d) She says Hakim-a-barber hates the name Dee.

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

4. What trait does Ms. Johnson possess in her dreams that the Johnsons don't have in real life?
(a) Laziness.
(b) Dishonesty.
(c) Bashfulness.
(d) A quick tongue.

5. What one thing does the person taking the Polaroids make sure is always included in each picture?
(a) The Johnson house.
(b) Ms. Johnson.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Dee.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ms. Johnson used to think Dee felt about Maggie?

2. After whom does Ms. Johnson name Dee?

3. Who is Dee's father?

4. Who is the narrator of "Everyday Use?"

5. At the end of the story, what quilts does Ms. Johnson tell Dee to take back to the city with her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Ms. Johnson have more formal education?

3. 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?

4. Explain Dee's feelings about white people.

5. What religion is Ms. Johnson in "Everyday Use" and what does her religion indicate about her character?

6. What is the history behind Dee's birth name?

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

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

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

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

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