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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. What unpleasant truth does Ms. Johnson say Maggie realizes about herself?
2. To what does Wangero compare Maggie's brain when Maggie tells Hakim-a-barber who whittled the churn dash?
3. What kind of windows does the current Johnson home have?
4. What does the person who wants the butter churn top slide over it as if trying to see how it will look in her own home?
5. In Ms. Johnson's dreams, what does Dee pin on her dress on the television program?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Dee's relationship with Jimmy T and what it indicates about her.
2. Explain how Ms. Johnson looks in real life and how her actual appearance differs from how she appears in her dreams.
3. Describe John Thomas and his role in the story.
4. What is Ms. Johnson's relationship with her daughter Dee like?
5. What other folk art is mentioned in "Everyday Use" besides quilting?
6. Why does Dee include the house in every picture she takes with her camera if she dislikes the house?
7. Why does Dee's sister Maggie feel insecure when Hakim-a-barber tries to shake her hand?
8. What level of education does Dee have and how does it differ from the educational levels of her mother and sister?
9. Why doesn't Ms. Johnson have more formal education?
10. What does the way Maggie walks and carries herself indicate?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Maggie and Dee have very different ideas of what their family heritage is. Compare and contrast how each sister defines heritage and the role Grandma Dee's quilts and the family butter churn and other heirlooms play in their concepts of heritage. Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
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 Ms. Johnson's dream about appearing on the Johnny Carson show with Dee. What significance do you think this dream has to the story? What does the dream reveal about Ms. Johnson's relationship with her daughter? What does the dream reveal about Ms. Johnson's feelings about herself versus how she wishes she was? What do you think Alice Walker is trying to say through this dream? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
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