Everyday Use

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

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

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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

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

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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Dee and Maggie are foils or characters who are different or opposed to each other in all of the following ways except which? Options: Dee is intelligent while Maggie is not as bright, Dee is physically strong and tough while Maggie is mentally strong., Dee is selfish while Maggie is selfless., Dee neglects her past while Maggie is loyal to her mom and home life.

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Dee is physically strong and tough while Maggie is mentally strong.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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Identify the quote that does not indicate the Johnsons' poor status: “Everything delighted [Dee]. Even the fact that we still used the benches her daddy made for the table when we couldn’t afford to buy chairs.”, “[T]hat was before we raised the money, the church and me, to send her to Augusta to school.”, “[T]hen the two of us sat there just enjoying, until it was time to go in the house and go to bed.”, “There are no real windows, just some holes cut in the sides, like the portholes in a ship, but not round and not square, with rawhide holding the shutters up on the outside.”

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“[T]hen the two of us sat there just enjoying, until it was time to go in the house and go to bed.”

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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

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

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.9

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Mama doesn’t provide or state the name of Dee’s male friend whom she nicknames Asalamalakim for all of the following reasons except which? Options: “Asalamalakim” characterizes him and his interests enough to Mama., He isn’t important enough to Mama for her to remember him or his name. , Once she does learn his real name, it is too difficult to pronounce and remember. , She calls him this name in a disparaging way to show her hatred for the Muslim religion. 

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She calls him this name in a disparaging way to show her hatred for the Muslim religion. 

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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

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

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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Who is the narrator of "Everyday Use"?

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the mother

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Why does Dee change her name?

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So she won't have a white oppressor name

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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When Ms. Johnson offers Dee a quilt in the past, what is Dee's reaction? Options: She gave it away, She doesn't want it because it is old-fashioned., She threw it in the trash, She sold them to a white lady for tuition

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

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1