What differences does the narrator of "Everyday Use" see between Maggie and Dee?A.She describes Maggie as beautiful and proud, but she sees Dee as quiet and lacking self-confidence.B.She describes Maggie as shy and timid, but she sees Dee as more confident and outgoing.C.She describes Maggie as smart and clever, but she sees Dee as ignorant and uneducated.D.She describes Maggie as jealous and mean, but she sees Dee as kind and well-mannered.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

How does the narrator of "Everyday Use" see her two daughters differently?A.She sees Maggie as a clever girl with a quick mind, but she thinks that Dee is less intelligent and a slow learner.B.She sees Maggie as a shy girl who hides in the shadows, but she thinks that Dee is a show-off who makes her opinions known.C.She sees Maggie as afraid of her heritage and trying to avoid it, but she thinks that Dee embraces her family's history.D.She sees Maggie as sneaky and mean, but she thinks that Dee is a kind girl who often puts other people's feelings first.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which excerpt from "Everyday Use" shows that Dee is ashamed of her poor family?A.She wrote me once that no matter where we "choose" to live, she will manage to come see us. But she will never bring her friends.B.She pins on my dress a large orchid, even though she has told me once that she thinks orchids are tacky flowers.C.A look of concentration on her face as she watched the last dingy gray board of the house fall in toward the red-hot brick chimney.D.She stoops down quickly and lines up picture after picture of me sitting there in front of the house with Maggie cowering behind me.

Read this excerpt from Alice Walker's "Everyday Use":Maggie will be nervous until after her sister goes: she will stand hopelessly in corners, homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs, eying her sister with a mixture of envy and awe.Which statement best analyzes how Maggie sees herself?A.Maggie believes Dee is responsible for the fire that scarred her.B.Maggie believes she is beautiful and worthy of love.C.Maggie believes herself to be ugly and not as beautiful as Dee.D.Maggie believes that her mother loves her more than she loves Dee.

"Everyday Use" by Alice Walkertranslaterecord_voice_overprinthelp_outlineQuestion 5 of 5Which example from "Everyday Use" best shows the reader that Maggie is shy and not very confident?A.Maggie smiled; maybe at the sunglasses. But a real smile, not scared.B."Maggie's brain is like an elephant's," Wangero said, laughing.C.She has been like this, chin on chest, eyes on ground, feet in shuffle.D.She stumbles along good-naturedly but can't see well.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

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