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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 Hakim-a-barber feel about the group of people to which Ms. Johnson asks if he belongs?
2. On the television show in her dreams, what does Ms. Johnson look like?
3. What does the person who wants the butter churn top tell Ms. Johnson she will do with it?
4. In real life, what does Ms. Johnson look like?
5. Which of the following is not in a Polaroid of the Johnson family reunion?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Maggie's smile at the end of "Everyday Use" indicate?
2. Which Johnson sister knows how to quilt and what does her ability illustrate about her character?
3. Why doesn't Dee think Maggie deserves their mother's two hand-stitched quilts?
4. How do African Americans change from the days of Ms. Johnson's youth in the 1920s to the era of the 1960s in which the story "Everyday People" is set?
5. What religion is Ms. Johnson in "Everyday Use" and what does her religion indicate about her character?
6. What does Maggie wear for Dee's visit and what does her outfit illustrate about her character?
7. What is the significance of Dee's always wanting to read to people in her youth?
8. Which character in "Everyday Use" is a foil character and what helps identify that character as a foil character?
9. What is Maggie's relationship with Dee like?
10. What is revealed about Aunt Dicie/Big Dee in "Everyday Use" even though she doesn't appear onstage?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"Everyday Use" was published in 1973 and the characters have lived through the growth of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Discuss how the geographical, chronological and cultural settings affect the story and how the characters and story might differ if Alice Walker had set it in the north or during the antebellum era instead. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the relationship between Maggie and Dee. Does Dee exhibit any sisterly feelings toward Maggie? Do either of the girls love the other one? Is Maggie's rivalry with Dee mutual or is it just one-sided? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Grandma Dee, Aunt Dicie or Big Dee, Grandpa Jarrell, Great-Grandpa Ezra and John Thomas are mentioned in "Everyday Use" but never appear on stage. Discuss these minor characters from the story and how the author uses them to illustrate her themes of family and community. Are there any other themes you think the author uses the characters to convey? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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