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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 does Ms. Johnson offer Wangero instead of the two quilts Grandma Dee pieced?
(a) One or two other quilts in her collection.
(b) Her mother's wedding dress.
(c) Grandma Dee's butter dish.
(d) The butter churn dasher and top.

2. At the beginning of "Everyday Use," what kind of tree does Ms. Johnson say she likes to sit outside and look up into while enjoying the breeze?
(a) A maple tree.
(b) A sycamore tree.
(c) A pine tree.
(d) An elm tree.

3. What does Ms. Johnson kill with a sledge hammer one winter?
(a) A hog.
(b) A rat.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A bull calf.

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

5. What keeps Ms. Johnson hot in zero weather?
(a) Two warm quilts.
(b) Woolen longjohns.
(c) A warm fire in her fireplace.
(d) Her fat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Wangero feel on the benches when she runs her hands along them?

3. How does Dee greet her mother and sister?

4. Who is Maggie's father?

5. What kind of windows does the current Johnson home have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Ms. Johnson's feelings about white people.

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

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

4. How did Dee react when her mother offered her a quilt before Dee left for college and what has caused her to change her opinion about having a quilt now?

5. What other folk art is mentioned in "Everyday Use" besides quilting?

6. Why doesn't Dee like the house in which her family lives?

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

8. Why does Ms. Johnson prefer that the hand-stitched quilts go to Maggie instead of Dee?

9. How do African Americans change from the days of Ms. Johnson's youth in the 1920s to the era of the 1960s in which the story "Everyday People" is set?

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

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