"Everyday Use" Review+Lit Terms

Who is the narrator of "Everyday Use"?

• Dee
• Maggie
• Unidentified
• the mother

What is the conflict between Dee and Maggie over?

• the differences in their styles of clothes

• which quilt is worth the most money

• where their mother should live

• who will get the family’s quilts

Dee wants the old family quilts because

• new quilts are too expensive, and she cannot afford to buy them

• they represent her family’s history and remind her of her ancestors

• she wants only handmade articles for her home

• they include all the colors she has used in her home

Which item symbolizes the family's heritage?

• Gold earrings

• The house

• The quilts

• The dress

"Everyday Use" is set in

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

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

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

• She gave it ways

• She didn't want it because it is old-fashioned.

• She threw it in the trash

• She sold them to a white lady for tuition

Mama gives the quilts to Maggie because she

• knows that Maggie has always liked colorful things

• thinks that Maggie can get a lot of money by selling them

• believes Maggie will treat them with more care than Dee will

• already has promised to give them to her when Maggie is ready for marriage

Whose visit is Mama waiting for at the beginning of the story?

• her son's

• her daughter's

• her mother's

• her father's

How does she feel about this visit?

• Anxious

• Excited

• Sad

• Angry