Test Your Knowledge


1	Alice Walker:
		A)	Was born in Georgia
		B)	Won the Pulitzer Prize for The Color Purple
		C)	Is a novelist, an essayist, a writer of short fiction, and poetry
		D)	Attended Spelman and Sarah Lawrence Colleges
		E)	All of the above


2	The speaker of "Everyday Use" is:
		A)	Maggie
		B)	Dee
		C)	Alice Walker
		D)	Wangero
		E)	Mama


3	What about Dee surprises Maggie?
		A)	Dee's appearance and that of her companion surprise Maggie.
		B)	Dee's request for the quilts surprises Maggie.
		C)	Dee's invitation that Maggie come and live with her surprises Maggie.
		D)	Dee's new religion surprises Maggie.
		E)	Dee's photographing the house surprises Maggie.


4	For what objects does Dee have a new appreciation?
		A)	an old Polaroid
		B)	a bicycle
		C)	quilts and a butter churn lid
		D)	a porcelain dish
		E)	a pewter pitcher


5	Of what does Dee accuse Mama as she departs?
		A)	of not loving her
		B)	of not appreciating her conversion
		C)	of not understanding her heritage
		D)	of being complicit in the racism of her society
		E)	of loving Maggie more

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