The reason Maggie feels homely and ashamed of herself.
What is "because she was severely burned in a house fire"?
100
The author's central idea or main message about life.
What is the theme?
100
At the beginning of "Everyday Use," with whom is Mama waiting in the yard?
Who is Dee?
100
The narrator and mother
Who is Mama
200
Not cold or hot – warm
What is tepid?
200
Mama's sister's real name.
What is "Dicie"?
200
A major theme that has to do with how one is raised as well as the heirlooms that represent family.
What is heritage?
200
The quilts go to _____.
Who is Maggie?
200
She is scarred from the fire that burned down the house.
Who is Maggie?
300
To be freed or delivered from captivity.
What is the emanicpation?
300
Mama could be described as this.
What is masculine?
300
The theme that represents the opportunity that was given to Dee that Mama or Maggie never had that separated Dee from her family and her true self.
What is an education?
300
The advice that Dee gives to Maggie.
What is to go to get an education and make something of her life.
300
She believes she has found her true heritage.
Who is Dee?
400
To keep down by unjust use of power
What is the oppress?
400
What type of figure of speech is "It stands straight up like the wool on a sheep"?
What is a simile?
400
A theme that is understood through the writer's diction, language construction, and literary devices.
What is implied theme?
400
The three things Dee wanted from Mama.
What is the butter dish, churn top, and dasher.
400
The man who arrived with Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo.
Who is Hakim-a-barber (Asalamalakim)?
500
Acting as if trying not to be seen; done secretly
What is the furtive?
500
Dee (Wangero) wanting to preserve the quilts by hanging them on the wall instead of them being used like they were intended is this type of figurative language.
What is irony?
500
A theme that is clearly stated by the writer.
What is explicit theme?
500
Dee wanting the two quilts that have been promised to her sister Maggie. Is an example of ____.