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- 1. Multiple Choice"Everyday Use" is set inOld South AlabamaOld South GeorgiaOld South MississippiOld South Florida
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich late-night television personality appears in the story?J. LenoTyra BanksJohnny CarsonConan O'Brien
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWho is the narrator of "Everyday Use"?DeeMaggieUnidentifiedthe mother
- 4. Multiple Choice"Asalamalakim" isthe name of Dee's frienda greeting sometimes used by Arabic speakers.Made up words
- 5. Multiple ChoiceDee demands to take various household objects with her apartment excepther to decorate her apartmentGrandma Dee's quilt.The kitchen tablea bench
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe quilts "mean" as objects central to the story?They are art objectsThey are meant to cover the marriage bedThey are of no use to anyone but Maggie.They represent family and the coninuity of women's relationships
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAt the end, Dee tells her mother and sister that they don't understand their "heritage," and departs with sunglasses on. What happens next?Dee cursesMaggie smiles.Mama faints
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHow many rooms does the Johnsons' current house have?threefivetwoone
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhen Ms. Johnson snatches the quilts from Wangero's hands, who sits on the bed with in shock?DeeDee's friendAunt DeeMaggie
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhen boys and girls hang around Dee in her youth, what does she do to entertain them?She makes fun of themShe fights with themShe reads to themShe kisses them
- 11. Multiple ChoiceHow long is Dee's dress when she exits the car?Above her kneesShe has on pantsIt touches the ground.At her thigh
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhy does Dee change her name?She did not like her Aunt DeeHer boyfriend told her toShe wanted to make Mamma madSo she won't have a white oppressor name
- 13. Multiple ChoiceFrom where does the wood that gives Ms. Johnson's dasher its color come?The tree that stood in the yard where Big Dee and Stash lived.The woods behind the houseThe bed that Big Dee had
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhen Ms. Johnson offers Dee a quilt in the past, what is Dee's reaction?She gave it waysShe doesn't want it because it is old-fashioned.She threw it in the trashShe sold them to a white lady for tuition
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat drives Jimmy T, a former suitor, away from Dee?She dates too many other guysShe goes off to collegeShe criticizes him too much.She finds out that he is poor
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Wangero feel on the benches when she runs her hands along them?splinterscracksRump prints.old food
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhen is the main conflict of the story resolved?Mama takes the quilts from Maggie and gives them to DeeThe quilt rips and falls to the groundDee steals the quilts and drives offMama takes the quilts from Dee and gives them to Maggie
- 18. Multiple ChoiceHow does the conflict between Dee and her family intensify?Dee resorts to name calling and says Maggie won't appreciate the quilts the way she would but Mama disagrees with DeeMaggie resorts to name calling and say Dee won't appreciate the quilts the way she would but Mama disagrees with MaggieDee's friend takes the quilts and insist that Mama lets Dee keep them
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the central theme of the story?the importance of going to college and becoming better than everyone elseLife is too short to live in a poor situationthe importance of standing up for yourselfthe importance of heritage and culture to an individual's understanding of his or her life and identity.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following events is presented in a flashback?Maggie learning to quiltMama on the tv showThe family's house burned down.Dee going to college
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the initiating event that triggers the central conflict of this short story?Dee comes to visit her mom and sister back homea fire burns down the old Johnson homeMama recalls her past and how hard she has worked to take care of her daughtersMama tells Dee that Maggie will get to keep Grandma Dee's quilts
- 22. Multiple ChoiceDee and Maggie are foils or characters who different or opposed to each other in all of the following ways except which?Dee is intelligent while Maggie is not as brightDee is physically strong and tough while Maggie is mentally strong.Dee is selfish while Maggie is selfless.Dee neglects her past while Maggie is loyal to her mom and home life.
- 23. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following quotes are clues or examples of the Johnson's’ poor status except which?“Everything delighted [Dee]. Even the fact that we still used the benches her daddy made for the table when we couldn’t afford to buy chairs.”“[T]hat was before we raised the money, the church and me, to send her to Augusta to school.”“[T]hen the two of us sat there just enjoying, until it was time to go in the house and go to bed.”“There are no real windows, just some holes cut in the sides, like the portholes in a ship, but not round and not square, with rawhide holding the shutters up on the outside.”
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat do the churn, the quilt, and the Polaroids that Dee takes best symbolize to her?the Black Pride movement and empowerment popular in the 1960s and the AfricanAmerican voice over those who attempt to stifle ither family’s hard work and support of Dee, her education, and her upbringingrelics from her family’s past and African-American culture that should be remembered but not usedslavery and all of the atrocities that African-Americans endured over the years
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhy does Mama still refer to Dee by her preferred name (Wangero) when referencing her?Mama agrees with her daughter that African-Americans shouldn’t use their slave names and should all invent new names for each otherMama doesn’t respect her daughter’s choices and teases her by using her new nameMama still respects her wishes and will call her daughter what she prefers.Mama uses the name to mock her daughter and criticize how different she is now.
- 26. Multiple ChoiceMama doesn’t provide or state the name of Dee’s male friend whom she nicknames Asalamalakim for all of the following reasons except which?“Asalamalakim” characterizes him and his interests enough to Mama.He isn’t important enough to Mama for her to remember him or his name.Once she does learn his real name, it is too difficult to pronounce and remember.She calls him this name in a disparaging way to show her hatred for the Muslim religion.
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWho is the most dynamic character by the resolution of the short story?Dee is the most dynamic character because she learns that her mom and Maggie understand their family’s art more than she does.Dee is the most dynamic character because she realizes how selfish she has been to her familyMaggie is the most dynamic character because she stands up for herself and verbally confronts her sister DeeMama is the most dynamic character because she stands up to Dee and defends Maggie and herself.
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