Why does Dee change her name?

So she won't have a white oppressor name

From 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.

When Ms. Johnson offers Dee a quilt in the past, what is Dee's reaction?

She doesn't want it because it is old-fashioned.

She sold them to a white lady for tuition

When is the main conflict of the story resolved?

Mama takes the quilts from Dee and gives them to Maggie

Mama takes the quilts from Maggie and gives them to Dee

The quilt rips and falls to the ground

Dee steals the quilts and drives off

How 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 Dee

Maggie resorts to name calling and say Dee won't appreciate the quilts the way she would but Mama disagrees with Maggie

Dee's friend takes the quilts and insist that Mama lets Dee keep them

Which of the following events is presented in a flashback?

The family's house burned down.

What is the central conflict of Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”?

the cultural and personal struggle between Maggie and her mom vs. Dee

the inner conflict between Dee vs. herself on whether she should claim what is rightfully hers

the political and racial struggle of Maggie, her mom, and Dee vs. white society

the socioeconomic clash between the poor and the rich

What do the churn, the quilt, and the Polaroids that Dee takes best symbolize to her?

relics from her family’s past and African-American culture that should be remembered but not used

the Black Pride movement and empowerment popular in the 1960s and the AfricanAmerican voice over those who attempt to stifle it

her family’s hard work and support of Dee, her education, and her upbringing

slavery and all of the atrocities that African-Americans endured over the years

How does the action of Maggie “[trying] to dig a well in the sand with her toe” characterize her when Dee returns home?

This action characterizes Maggie as being weak, non-confrontational, or afraid of Dee.

This action characterizes Maggie as being adventurous and curious of the world around her.

This action characterizes Maggie as being conscientious and mindful of the earth.

This action characterizes Maggie as being physical and energetic.

Why does Mama use quotation marks around choose in this quote: “[Dee] wrote me once that no matter where we ‘choose’ to live, she will manage to come see us”?

Mama places choose in quotes for ironic or unusual usage because Mama and Maggie can’t choose to live anywhere else.

Mama places choose in quotes to emphasize that it is her choice where Maggie and she live, not Dee’s.

Mama places choose in quotes to indicate that “choose” is not the word that Dee used; Mama is substituting “choose” for another word.

Mama places choose in quotes to indicate that “choose” is the word she read aloud while reading the letter.

Why does Mama still refer to Dee by her preferred name (Wangero) when referencing her?

Mama still respects her wishes and will call her daughter what she prefers.

Mama agrees with her daughter that African-Americans shouldn’t use their slave names and should all invent new names for each other

Mama doesn’t respect her daughter’s choices and teases her by using her new name

Mama uses the name to mock her daughter and criticize how different she is now.

Who is the most dynamic character by the resolution of the short story?

Mama is the most dynamic character because she stands up to Dee and defends Maggie and herself.

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 family

Maggie is the most dynamic character because she stands up for herself and verbally confronts her sister Dee

Everyday Use by Alice Walker

Authored by Sherri Kilpatrick

English

9th - 10th Grade

CCSS covered

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

"Everyday Use" is set in

Old South Alabama

Old South Georgia

Old South Mississippi

Old South Florida

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CCSS.RL.2.3

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CCSS.RL.4.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which late-night television personality appears in the story?

J. Leno

Tyra Banks

Johnny Carson

Conan O'Brien

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Who is the narrator of "Everyday Use"?

Dee

Maggie

Unidentified

the mother

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CCSS.RL.4.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"Asalamalakim" is

the name of Dee's friend

a greeting sometimes used by Arabic speakers.

Made up words

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Dee demands to take various household objects with her apartment except

her to decorate her apartment

Grandma Dee's quilt.

The kitchen table

a bench

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

At the end, Dee tells her mother and sister that they don't understand their "heritage," and departs with sunglasses on. What happens next?

Dee curses

Maggie smiles.

Mama faints

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How many rooms does the Johnsons' current house have?

three

five

two

one

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CCSS.2.G.A.1

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Everyday Use by Alice Walker

"Everyday Use" is set in

Which late-night television personality appears in the story?

Who is the narrator of "Everyday Use"?

"Asalamalakim" is

Dee demands to take various household objects with her apartment except

At the end, Dee tells her mother and sister that they don't understand their "heritage," and departs with sunglasses on. What happens next?

How many rooms does the Johnsons' current house have?

When Ms. Johnson snatches the quilts from Wangero's hands, who sits on the bed with in shock?

When boys and girls hang around Dee in her youth, what does she do to entertain them?

Why does Dee change her name?

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