"Everyday Use" Quiz

What kind of schools did Alice Walker attend when she was growing up?

• She did not attend school at all

• Expensive and private

• Segregated

• All the students were white

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How was Alice Walker, the author of "Everyday Use" much like the character "Dee"?

• Walker decided to sharecrop for a living

• Walker grew up poor, but went to college

• Walker grew up rich and became a Catholic nun

• Walker grew to hate African culture, like Dee

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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Why was Maggie not confident about her own appearance?

• Maggie felt she was too light-skinned

• Maggie had scars from being burned as a child

• Maggie did not have long, "good" hair

• Maggie felt she was too fat

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How could we describe the narrator (Dee and Maggie's mother) in "Everyday Use"?

• Nervous and shy

• Well-mannered and well-educated

• Big and strong

• Small and delicate

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What kind of work does the narrator do in this story?

• She is a maid for a white family

• She is a rich woman that doesn't have to work

• She is a public school teacher

• She does heavy farmwork

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

From the way Dee is described in the story, what would be the best way to describe her?

• She is hard to get along with

• She has many good friends

• She loves manual labor

• She is a wife and mother

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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What does the narrator learn that Dee has changed about herself?

• Her style of clothes

• Her name

• Her hair color

• Her career

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What did Dee ask for from her mother that Dee could not get?

• The farm

• Pots and pans

• Hand-stitched quilts

• Money

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Why does Dee not think Maggie should have the quilts?

• Dee thinks Maggie will get the quilts dirty

• Dee thinks Maggie will burn the quilts

• Dee thinks Maggie won't cherish the quilts

• Dee thinks Maggie will never marry

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The transition of Black communities from before the Civil Rights era vs. during the Civil rights era is one of the conflicts in "Everyday Use."

• True

• False

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