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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 believe Maggie thinks her portion from God is?
(a) To prosper and live in abundance.
(b) To be loveless and alone.
(c) To suffer ill health.
(d) To do without while Wangero prospers.

2. Who wraps Ms. Johnson's dasher right there at the dinner table?
(a) Hakim-a-barber.
(b) Wangero.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Ms. Johnson.

3. Who tells Ms. Johnson she doesn't understand her heritage?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Wangero.
(c) Aunt Dicie.
(d) Hakim-a-barber.

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

5. What does Ms. Johnson note is still in the butter churn during dinner?
(a) Grandma Dee's apron.
(b) A mouse.
(c) Butter.
(d) Milk that has turned to clabber.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what has Ms. Johnson primarily been concerned all her life?

2. Who escapes unharmed from the tragedy that befell the old Johnson house?

3. What happens to Ms. Johnson in 1949?

4. Who claims to be able to remember Grandma Dee without the quilts?

5. What looks like a mule tail to Ms. Johnson when she sees Dee's male companion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Ms. Johnson gives Grandma Dee's hand-stitched quilts to Maggie, how does each Johnson sister in "Everyday Use" react?

3. Explain how Ms. Johnson looks in real life and how her actual appearance differs from how she appears in her dreams.

4. Alice Walker never names the narrator of this story. The reader is told only that she is a member of the Johnson family. What might the author of "Everyday Use" have intended to convey about the character of Ms. Johnson by not naming her?

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

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

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

8. Explain Dee's feelings about white people.

9. Describe the Johnson family home.

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

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