Everyday Use Quizzes

Everyday Use Quiz 1

1 What does Mama think Hakim-a-barber's name is when they are first introduced?
Amos

John Thomas

Wangero

Asalamalakim
2 What does Dee insist on being called?
Asalamalakim

Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo

Hakim Al-Barber

Big Dee
3 Who carved the butter dash?
Cousin Jacob

Mama's husband

Mama

Uncle Stash
4 How are Maggie and Dee related?
They are sisters

They are not related

They are step-sisters

They are mother and daughter
5 How many years ago did the first house burn down?
7 years ago

5 years ago

1 year ago

10 or 12 years ago
6 Dee is whose namesake?
A Catholic saint

Her aunt

Mama's cousin

Her grandmother
7 What does Dee/Wangero find in the trunk by Mama's bed?
Medals from the Civil War

Dee's old self made clothes

A family painting

Two quilts
8 Since when has Maggie shuffled with her eyes to the ground?
Since her sister left for school

Since she was kicked by a horse

Since she was burned in the fire

Since Dee's visit
9 What are Dee's plans for the chute top and butter dish?
To use as a night stand

To use as decoration for her flat

To sell to a museum

To churn butter according to "real" African tradition
10 Before leaving, what does Dee/Wangero tell Maggie she really ought to do?
Not to marry John Thomas

Stop looking so pathetic

Make something of herself

Go to college
11 What does Mama wear on an average day?
Traditional clothes from Africa

A dress

A "moo moo"

Overalls
12 Why did Dee read to Mama and Maggie at home?
To show them how ignorant they were

To educate them

To entertain them at night

To share in her love of learning
13 Why did Dee refuse to take a quilt to college?
She thought they were worth too much money

She thought they belonged with Mama

She wanted to hide her real upbringing

She said they were old-fashioned and out of style
14 What did they call Dicie after Dee was born?
Dorothy

Big Dee

Maggie

Wangero
15 Who poisoned several of the cattle herders' cows?
White men

Black extremists

An angry neighbour

John Thomas
16 What T.V talk show does Mama imagine she and Dee to be on?
Merv Griffin Show

David Letterman

Johnny Carson

Jay Leno
17 What does Mama compare Maggie to?
A mouse

A scarecrow

A cat

A lame animal
18 Who helped Mama raise the money to send Dee away to school?
The community church

The community center

Mama’s extended family

Anonymous donation
19 Where was Dee sent away to school?
Augusta

Mobile

Dallas

Little Rock
20 Up to what grade did Mama go to school?
Grade five

Grade four

Grade two

Grade three
21 What happened to the school mama went to?
School burned down

School closed down

Colored children had to go to a different school

Stopped after grade five
22 Who will Maggie end up marrying?
Amos Henry

Thomas Barber

John Thomas

Will James
23 What year was Mama “hooked in the side” buy a cow?
1949

1950

1952

1948
24 Where is Mama’s house located?
On the edge of a forest

On a meadow

On a pasture

On a hill
25 How many rooms does Mama’s house have?
3

6

1

2