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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 Dee greet her mother and sister?
2. In Ms. Johnson's dreams, what does Dee pin on her dress on the television program?
3. What facial expression does Maggie have after her sister leaves?
4. Which character in "Everyday Use" has burn scars?
5. With what has Ms. Johnson primarily been concerned all her life?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Maggie wear for Dee's visit and what does her outfit illustrate about her character?
2. Explain how Ms. Johnson looks in real life and how her actual appearance differs from how she appears in her dreams.
3. What level of education does Dee have and how does it differ from the educational levels of her mother and sister?
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. What happens when Dee tries to share her educational knowledge with her mother and sister?
6. Explain the difference in what Dee wants to use her mother's quilts and the way Maggie wants to use the quilts.
7. When Ms. Johnson gives Grandma Dee's hand-stitched quilts to Maggie, how does each Johnson sister in "Everyday Use" react?
8. In what era is "Everyday Use" set and how does this time period affect the story?
9. 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?
10. What is the significance of the title of "Everyday Use?"
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the references to church and religion in "Everyday Use." Give at least three examples of how religion is used in the text. What do you think Alice Walker is saying about the influence of religion on southern Black culture and on African American culture in general?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
In Alice Walker's "Everyday Use," the character of Dee is romantically involved with Johnny T and later with Hakim-a-barber. Compare and contrast Dee's relationship with Johnny T and her relationship with Hakim-a-barber. Which one seems more harmonious and why? What does each relationship reveal about Dee at the stage in her life when she was involved with each man? Does Dee demonstrate any character growth from one relationship to the other? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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