Please help with these questions about "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker!
1. The Quilts in this story symbolize:
Inherited values
Monetary value
The beauty of useful objects
Both A and B
Both A and C
2. | The idea that true cultural power comes from having an intimate knowledge of one's roots is: |
| the motif of the story | the antithesis of the story | the theme of the story | all of the above | none of the above |
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3. | Maggie’s past is |
| artificially created by her | memory | an essential and active part of her present | both a and b | both b and c |
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4. | Dee’s past is |
| artificially created by her | memory | an essential and active part of her present | both a and b | both b and c |
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5. | Which character is an example of a dynamic character? |
| Dee | Mama | Maggie | Hakim | None of the above. |
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6. | What is the significance of Mama remembering having been “hooked in the side by a cow in ’49”? |
| Like a cow, Mama has a strong spirit and is always ready for a fight. | Like a cow is mild mannered, Mama is mild mannered and will always give in to Dee. | Like a cow is mild mannered until milked the wrong way, Mama is mild mannered with Maggie until Maggie “milks” her the wrong way. | All of the above | None of the above |
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7. | Which character is rapacious or given to greed? |
| Hakim | Dee | Maggie | Mama | None of the above. |
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8. | With her story “Everyday Use,” Walker makes what point about heritage? |
| Heritage is what you make it. | For African Americans, African roots are more important than the American roots. | For African Americans, American roots are more important than the African roots. | Both the African and American roots should be embraced by African Americans. | When you have a heritage made up of two distinct heritages, choose one on which to focus. |
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9. | Maggie is a foil to |
| Mama | Dee | Hakim | Both A and B | Both A and C |
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10. | The misspelling of Dee’s 3 chosen names: Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo is an example of: |
| direct characterization | indirect characterization | superficiality | both b and c | none of the above |
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11. | Dee’s chosen name Leewanika might suggest: |
| Dee wishes to be associated with the peasants of Africa to which she is rooted through heritage. | Dee’s subconscious yearning for royalty | Dee’s connection to her American heritage. | Dee wanted to choose a name to anger her mother. | Dee wanted to choose a name Hakim would like. |
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12. | Dee’s choice of dress paired with her choice of names might reflect |
| her appreciation for things of everyday use. | her authentic relationship to her heritage. | her ethnic superficiality. | both a and b | both a and c |
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13. | Asalamalakin |
| is Hakim’s real name | means peace be with you | is the name Hakim originally gives Mama when introducing himself | all of the above | none of the above |
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14. | When Mama reflects upon Dee’s name and how far it goes back in her family, this reveals |
| the irony in Dee’s replacing this name in order to gain her true heritage | the irony in Dee’s replacing this name in order to gain her true heritage | the oppression of the name she gave to her daughter | both a and b | all of the above |
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15. | When Mama says she walked down the road to see the cattle people bearing arms to protect themselves when their cattle were poisoned, she is indirectly revealing |
| they killed the culprits who poisoned their cattle. | they subscribe to the black power notion of bearing arms as self-defense. | they subscribe to peaceful protests | both a and b | none of the above |
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Solution: The idea that true cultural power comes from having an intimate