This is a quiz
tillie olsen is often associated with

the civil rights movement
the harlem renaissance
the feminist movement
communism

which excerpt best represents the central conflict of "everyday use"?

"but they're priceless! " she was saying now, furiously; for she has a temper. "maggie would put them on the bed and in five years they'd be in rags. less than that! "
"i used to think she hated maggie, too. but that was before we raised money, the church and me, to send her to augusta to school."
"dee wanted nice things. a yellow organdy dress to wear to her graduation from high school; black pumps to match a green suit she'd made from an old suit somebody gave me."
"you ought to try to make something of yourself, too, maggie. it's really a new day for us. but from the way you and mama still live you'd never know it."

stream-of-consciousness describes

a form of symbolism that is spontaneous and free-flowing, often switching topics without the use of transitions
a form of point of view that is spontaneous and free-flowing, often switching topics without the use of transitions
a form of interior monologue that is spontaneous and free-flowing, often switching topics without the use of transitions
a form of metaphor that is spontaneous and free-flowing, often switching topics without the use of transitions

which of the following best describes the climax of "everyday use"?

wangero announces that dee is dead.
mama and dee are reunited on television.
maggie breaks the plates in the kitchen.
mama gives the quilt to maggie.

read the following passage from "i stand here ironing" and answer the question.

she was dark and thin and foreign-looking in a world where the prestige went to blondness and curly hair and dimples, slow where glibness was prized.

what is the best meaning for the word prestige?

disrespect
anger
distinction
distrust