In the short story "Everyday Use," by Alice Walker, why does the narrator want Maggie to have the quilts instead of Dee?A.Maggie would use them and appreciate them, but Dee would hang them and make them useless antiques.B.Maggie is the favored daughter and gets everything she wants, while Dee remains in the background.C.Maggie is marrying someone the narrator approves of, but Dee has married someone of a different religion.D.Maggie helped her grandmother make the quilts, but Dee refused to learn how to make them.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

In the short story "Everyday Use," by Alice Walker, who does the narrator think will appreciate the quilts more?A.Maggie, because she helped her grandmother make the quiltsB.Maggie, because she will use them the way they were intended to be usedC.Dee, because she is better educated and would know how to display themD.Dee, because she is the favored daughter and always gets what she wants

Read the following excerpt from "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker:"The truth is," I said, "I promised to give them quilts to Maggie, for when she marries John Thomas."She gasped like a bee had stung her."Maggie can't appreciate these quilts!" she said. "She'd probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use.""I reckon she would," I said. "God knows I been saving 'em for long enough with nobody using 'em. I hope she will!" I didn't want to bring up how I had offered Dee (Wangero) a quilt when she went away to college. Then she had told they were old-fashioned, out of style.Based on this excerpt, which description most likely describes the significance of the story's title? A. People connect with their culture by continually revisiting past traditions. B. Artifacts and mementos are the only method for understanding a culture. C. People don't need strong family ties to connect with their traditional heritage. D. Culture is best passed on and understood through oral storytelling traditions. E. History doesn't play an important role in understanding culture and tradition.

At the end of Alice Walker's "Everyday Use", the mother decides to give the quilts to Maggie and not to Dee. Why?Question 25Answera.Because she resents Dee's changing of her nameb.Because Maggie will preserve them with more carec.Because Dee's boyfriend Hakim-a-barber doesn't seem trustworthy to herd.Because she is sympathetic to Maggie's vulnerability and her sense of family

"Everyday Use," by Alice Walker. Then answer the question.How does Dee's perspective on the "everyday items," such as the wooden benches and the old quilts, change after she returns home?A.She wants them because she doesn't think Maggie values them as much as she does.B.She wants to learn how to make these items so that she can replicate them for herself.C.She sees them with more mature eyes and values them more now than when she lived at home.D.She plans to give them to a museum in the city.

What do the quilts represent to Maggie at the end of "Everyday Use"?A.Her triumph at being chosen over Dee to receive somethingB.Her sadness that she can't get along with her sisterC.Her hopes for a long and happy married life with John ThomasD.Her scars from having been badly burned in the house fireSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS