Everyday use
By Alice Walker
Question #1
• What are your impressions of each character?
Question#2
• How do you feel about Dee’s wanting nice things and leaving home?Explain
Question#3
• Do you think that the narrator made the right choice at the end of the story? Explain
Question#4
• What dream does the narrator recall as she waits for Dee in the yard?
Question#5
• A) What objects does Dee ask to have?
• B) What does she intend to do with each one?
Question#6
• What is Dee’s response when the narrator says that she has promised to give the quilts to Maggie?
Question#7
• A) What narrator’s remarks at the beginning of the story reveal about her relationship with each of her daughters?
• B) How does her relationship with each one change during the course of the story?
Question#8
• A) what is ironic about Dee’s taking picture after picture of her family in front of the house?
• B) what is ironic about her professed interest in he heritage?
Question#9
• A0 what do the quilts mean to Dee?
• B) what do they mean to Maggie?
Question#10
• How well do you think the narrator understands her daughters? Explain
Question#11
• Do you think that it would have been possible for Dee to embrace her African heritage without rejecting her American heritage?
Question#12
• A) what heirlooms does your family treasure?
• B) What makes them important?
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