Everyday Use AGS Ex Lit

After graduating, Alice Walker settled in __________.

• Georgia

• Alabama

• Mississippi

• Louisiana

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Alice Walker won a Pulitzer Prize and an American Book Award for her book called __________.

• “Everyday Use”

• The Color Purple

• Possessing the Secret of Joy

• Meridian

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__________ is the first-person narrator and an important character.

• Dee

• Maggie

• Alice Walker

• The mother

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The story takes place over:

• one day

• one week

• one year

• five years

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Maggie will be __________ until her sister leaves.

• nervous

• afraid

• sad

• happy

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The mother wears __________ during the day.

• dresses

• suits

• overalls

• shirts and shorts

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Why does Dee change her name?

• Her boyfriend decided.

• She doesn't want a "white oppressor" name.

• She doesn't like her aunt Dee.

• To make her mother angry.

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When Ms. Johnson offered Dee a quilt in the past, what was her reaction?

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

• She sold them to a lady for school tuition.

• She threw it in the trash.

• She gave it away to a friend.

Which inference can you make about Maggie from the following description? “‘How do I look, Mama?’ Maggie says, showing just enough of her thin body enveloped in pink skirt and red blouse for me to know she’s there, almost hidden by the door."

• Maggie is unsure of herself. She needed her mother to tell her looked nice.

• Maggie is small and thin so she likes to wear bright colours to stand out.

• No matter what she wears, Maggie always wanted her mother to compliment her.

• The door was so heavy that Maggie couldn't open it herself.

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

• She makes fun of them
• She fights with them
• She reads to them
• She kisses them

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