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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 say could be done if the quilts do become rags in five years?
(a) Maggie could buy new quilts.
(b) Maggie could make herself some new quilts.
(c) Ms. Johnson could knit Maggie some blankets.
(d) Ms. Johnson could buy new quilts for Maggie.

2. Whose hand closes over Grandma Dee's butter dish at dinner?
(a) Ms. Johnson's.
(b) Maggie's.
(c) Wangero's.
(d) Hakim-a-barber's.

3. Which member of the Johnson family always criticizes the others?
(a) Dee.
(b) Ms. Johnson.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Grandma Dee.

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

5. What scrap of Great Grandpa Ezra's clothing is in the quilts?
(a) A piece of his old red flannel shirt.
(b) A piece of his Civil War uniform.
(c) A piece of his wedding pants.
(d) A piece of his christening gown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who whittles Ms. Johnson's butter churn dasher?

2. Who makes the dining benches on which the Johnsons and Hakim-a-barber sit during dinner?

3. What does Maggie wear for Dee's arrival in "Everyday Use"?

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

5. How many rooms does the Johnsons' current house have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What level of education does Dee have and how does it differ from the educational levels of her mother and sister?

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

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

4. Describe the Johnson family home.

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

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

7. What kind of life has Ms. Johnson lived?

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

9. Although the exact setting of "Everyday Use" is never specified, what clues in the text indicate where the story takes place?

10. What is the significance of the sunglasses Dee wears at the end of the story and the fact that they hide most of her face?

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