Everyday Use Quizzes

Everyday Use Quiz 1

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

Amos

Asalamalakim

Wangero
2 What does Dee insist on being called?
Asalamalakim

Big Dee

Hakim Al-Barber

Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo
3 Who carved the butter dash?
Cousin Jacob

Mama's husband

Uncle Stash

Mama
4 How are Maggie and Dee related?
They are step-sisters

They are mother and daughter

They are not related

They are sisters
5 How many years ago did the first house burn down?
10 or 12 years ago

7 years ago

5 years ago

1 year ago
6 Dee is whose namesake?
Her grandmother

Her aunt

Mama's cousin

A Catholic saint
7 What does Dee/Wangero find in the trunk by Mama's bed?
Dee's old self made clothes

A family painting

Medals from the Civil War

Two quilts
8 Since when has Maggie shuffled with her eyes to the ground?
Since she was kicked by a horse

Since she was burned in the fire

Since Dee's visit

Since her sister left for school
9 What are Dee's plans for the chute top and butter dish?
To sell to a museum

To churn butter according to "real" African tradition

To use as a night stand

To use as decoration for her flat
10 Before leaving, what does Dee/Wangero tell Maggie she really ought to do?
Go to college

Stop looking so pathetic

Make something of herself

Not to marry John Thomas
11 What does Mama wear on an average day?
Overalls

Traditional clothes from Africa

A "moo moo"

A dress
12 Why did Dee read to Mama and Maggie at home?
To share in her love of learning

To entertain them at night

To educate them

To show them how ignorant they were
13 Why did Dee refuse to take a quilt to college?
She wanted to hide her real upbringing

She thought they were worth too much money

She said they were old-fashioned and out of style

She thought they belonged with Mama
14 What did they call Dicie after Dee was born?
Dorothy

Maggie

Big Dee

Wangero
15 Who poisoned several of the cattle herders' cows?
John Thomas

Black extremists

An angry neighbour

White men
16 What T.V talk show does Mama imagine she and Dee to be on?
David Letterman

Jay Leno

Merv Griffin Show

Johnny Carson
17 What does Mama compare Maggie to?
A scarecrow

A cat

A mouse

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

Anonymous donation

Mama’s extended family

The community church
19 Where was Dee sent away to school?
Little Rock

Augusta

Mobile

Dallas
20 Up to what grade did Mama go to school?
Grade three

Grade five

Grade two

Grade four
21 What happened to the school mama went to?
School closed down

School burned down

Stopped after grade five

Colored children had to go to a different school
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

1948

1950

1952
24 Where is Mama’s house located?
On a meadow

On a pasture

On the edge of a forest

On a hill
25 How many rooms does Mama’s house have?
2

6

3

1