Everyday Use" by Alice Walkertranslaterecord_voice_overprinthelp_outlineQuestion 4 of 5Read this excerpt from "Everyday Use":I can work outside all day, breaking ice to get water for washing; I can eat pork liver cooked over the open fire minutes after it comes steaming from the hog.Based on this excerpt, what can the reader infer about the narrator's character?A.She is cruel and unkind.B.She is a good cook.C.She is strong and works hard.D.She is dirty and uneducated.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this excerpt from "Everyday Use":I can work outside all day, breaking ice to get water for washing; I can eat pork liver cooked over the open fire minutes after it comes steaming from the hog.Based on this excerpt, what can the reader infer about the narrator's character?A.She is cruel and unkind.B.She is strong and works hard.C.She is dirty and uneducated.D.She is a good cook.

Read this excerpt from "Everyday Use":In the winter I wear flannel nightgowns to bed and overalls during the day. I can kill and clean a hog as mercilessly as a man.Based on this excerpt, what can the reader infer about the narrator's character?A.That she is strong and hardworkingB.That she is abusive to her daughtersC.That she is soft-spoken and sweetD.That she is mean and unforgivingSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

What is the meaning of this excerpt from "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker?In real life I am a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands. In the winter I wear flannel nightgowns to bed and overalls during the day. I can kill and clean a hog as mercilessly as a man. My fat keeps me hot in zero weather. I can work outside all day, breaking ice to get water for washing; I can eat pork liver cooked over the open fire minutes after it comes steaming from the hog. One winter I knocked a bull calf straight in the brain between the eyes with a sledge hammer and had the meat hung up to chill before nightfall. But of course all this does not show on television. I am the way my daughter would want me to be: a hundred pounds lighter, my skin like an uncooked barley pancake. My hair glistens in the hot bright lights. Johnny Carson has much to do to keep up with my quick and witty tongue. A. Dee and her mother look and act exactly alike. B. Dee is ashamed of how her mother looks and acts. C. The mother wishes that she looked and acted like Dee. D. Dee is proud of her mother’s capabilities. E. Dee wishes to be exactly like her mother.

"Everyday Use" by Alice Walkertranslaterecord_voice_overprinthelp_outlineQuestion 2 of 5What is the narrator's relationship to Maggie?A.She is Maggie's aunt.B.She and Maggie are longtime friends.C.She is Maggie's mother.D.She is Maggie's grandmother.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this excerpt from "Everyday Use":Have you ever seen a lame animal, perhaps a dog run over by some careless person rich enough to own a car, sidle up to someone who is ignorant enough to be kind to him? That is the way my Maggie walks.What can the reader infer about Maggie's character from the way the narrator describes her?A.That she is shy and not very confidentB.That she is wealthy and owns a carC.That she is deathly afraid of dogsD.That she walks with a horrible limpSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS