Everyday Use Quizzes

Everyday Use Quiz 1

By Tiger Thakkar · Edited by Christine McKeever · Last reviewed August 28, 2014

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

Amos

Asalamalakim

John Thomas

Wangero
2 What does Dee insist on being called?

Hakim Al-Barber

Big Dee

Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo

Asalamalakim
3 Who carved the butter dash?

Mama

Uncle Stash

Mama's husband

Cousin Jacob
4 How are Maggie and Dee related?

They are mother and daughter

They are not related

They are step-sisters

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

1 year ago

5 years ago

10 or 12 years ago

7 years ago
6 Dee is whose namesake?

A Catholic saint

Her aunt

Her grandmother

Mama's cousin
7 What does Dee/Wangero find in the trunk by Mama's bed?

A family painting

Dee's old self made clothes

Medals from the Civil War

Two quilts
8 Since when has Maggie shuffled with her eyes to the ground?

Since Dee's visit

Since her sister left for school

Since she was kicked by a horse

Since she was burned in the fire
9 What are Dee's plans for the chute top and butter dish?

To sell to a museum

To use as decoration for her flat

To use as a night stand

To churn butter according to "real" African tradition
10 Before leaving, what does Dee/Wangero tell Maggie she really ought to do?

Stop looking so pathetic

Not to marry John Thomas

Go to college

Make something of herself
11 What does Mama wear on an average day?

Traditional clothes from Africa

A "moo moo"

A dress

Overalls
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 thought they belonged with Mama

She thought they were worth too much money

She said they were old-fashioned and out of style

She wanted to hide her real upbringing
14 What did they call Dicie after Dee was born?

Maggie

Dorothy

Wangero

Big Dee
15 Who poisoned several of the cattle herders' cows?

John Thomas

White men

Black extremists

An angry neighbour
16 What T.V talk show does Mama imagine she and Dee to be on?

Jay Leno

Johnny Carson

David Letterman

Merv Griffin Show
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?

Mama’s extended family

The community center

The community church

Anonymous donation
19 Where was Dee sent away to school?

Little Rock

Dallas

Mobile

Augusta
20 Up to what grade did Mama go to school?

Grade three

Grade two

Grade five

Grade four
21 What happened to the school mama went to?

Stopped after grade five

School closed down

School burned down

Colored children had to go to a different school
22 Who will Maggie end up marrying?

Will James

Thomas Barber

John Thomas

Amos Henry
23 What year was Mama “hooked in the side” buy a cow?

1948

1952

1949

1950
24 Where is Mama’s house located?

On a hill

On a pasture

On the edge of a forest

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

6

3

1

2