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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 is Ms. Johnson's marital state?
2. What does the person who wants the butter churn top tell Ms. Johnson she will do with it?
3. For what does Ms. Johnson lose her taste as a result of what happens to her in 1949?
4. What does Ms. Johnson think Dee's companion does for a living because of his name?
5. What color is Ms. Johnson's butter churn dasher?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Dee include the house in every picture she takes with her camera if she dislikes the house?
2. What does Ms. Johnson think Maggie believes is her "portion" in life?
3. 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?
4. Why are the hairstyles of Hakim-a-barber and Dee/Wangero described in such detail in the story while Maggie and Ms. Johnson's hairstyles are not described?
5. Although the exact setting of "Everyday Use" is never specified, what clues in the text indicate where the story takes place?
6. What do Dee's light skin and her white heel symbolize?
7. Why does Dee change her name to Wangero in "Everyday Use?"
8. What happens when Dee tries to share her educational knowledge with her mother and sister?
9. What does Maggie's smile at the end of "Everyday Use" indicate?
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
Ms. Johnson is the narrator of "Everyday Use." Do you think she is the most appropriate narrator for this story? Why or why not? Discuss her effectiveness as narrator and how the story would change if Dee or Maggie narrated it instead. Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the way the characters in "Everyday Use" think of white people and interact with them. Give at least three examples from the text to illustrate 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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