Everyday Use Reading Quiz

"Everyday Use" is set in

• Old South Alabama
• Old South Georgia
• Old South Mississippi
• Old South Florida

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Which late-night television personality appears in the story?

• J. Leno
• Tyra Banks
• Johnny Carson
• Conan O'Brien

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Who is the narrator of "Everyday Use"?

• Dee
• Maggie
• Unidentified
• the mother

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

• Dee
• Dee's friend
• Aunt Dee
• Maggie

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How long is Dee's dress when she exits the car?

• Above her knees

• She has on pants

• It touches the ground.

• At her thigh

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Why does Dee change her name?

• She did not like her Aunt Dee
• Her boyfriend told her to
• She wanted to make Mamma mad
• So she won't have a white oppressor name

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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.
• The woods behind the house
• The bed that Big Dee had

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What drives Jimmy T, a former suitor, away from Dee?

• She dates too many other guys
• She goes off to college
• She criticizes him too much.
• She finds out that he is poor

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What does Wangero feel on the benches when she runs her hands along them?

• splinters
• cracks
• Rump prints.
• old food

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