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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Maggie respond to the attempts to shake her hand?
2. What is the relationship of the person who whittles Ms. Johnson's butter churn top to Aunt Dicie/Big Dee?
3. What is the nickname of the person who whittles Ms. Johnson's churn dasher?
4. To whom does Ms. Johnson promise to give the quilts Grandma Dee pieced?
5. What is the relationship of the person who whittles Ms. Johnson's butter churn dash to Aunt Dicie/Big Dee?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Dee change her name to Wangero in "Everyday Use?"
2. Describe John Thomas and his role in the story.
3. What religion is Ms. Johnson in "Everyday Use" and what does her religion indicate about her character?
4. What information is revealed about Grandma Dee in "Everyday Use" even though she never appears onstage?
5. Describe the Johnson family home.
6. What do the Johnson family heirlooms like the butter churn and patchwork quilts indicate about the Johnson family and about southern Black culture?
7. Which character in "Everyday Use" is a foil character and what helps identify that character as a foil character?
8. How does Dee differ from her mother and sister?
9. Why doesn't Ms. Johnson have more formal education?
10. In Alice Walker's "Everyday Use," who is the antagonist of the story and what identifies that character as the antagonist?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Dee changes her name to Wangero in "Everyday Use." Discuss this name change citing examples from the text to support your arguments.
Part I: Discuss what Dee's name change indicates about her character.
Part II: Discuss what Dee's name change indicates about the era in which she lives.
Part III: Discuss what Dee's name change illustrates about her relationship with her family.
Essay Topic 2
The predominant characters in "Everyday Use" are women. Male characters have minor roles and only one male character, Hakim-a-barber, actually appears on stage in the story. Discuss the role of male characters in the story and what you think the author is saying about Black culture by having female characters dominate her story. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how the following characters either defy or define stereotypes of Black women living in the rural south: Dee/Wangero, Ms. Johnson, Grandma Dee, and Maggie. Are their backgrounds and character traits typical or atypical of the stereotype of Black women living in the rural south in the 1960s? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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