Character Analysis Worksheet:
Conclusions for "Everyday Use"
Print this file using the File/Print menu item. Provide at least
three key textual quotations to support each of your answers. For each answer try to choose examples from the beginning, the middle, and the end of the text.
1. What is Mama's economic reality? a. b. c.
d. 2. How does she respond to this economic reality? a. b.
c. d.
3. Describe Mama's relationship with Maggie. a. b. c.
d. 4. Describe Mama's relationship with Dee. a. b.
c. d. 5. What are Mama's values? What
are her beliefs? What things are most important to her? a. b. c.
d. 6. How does Mama respond to adversity, to situations that would cause difficulty for many people? (Both her
own and others.) a. b.
c. d. 7. What do Mama's responses to adversity tell you about her? a.
b. c. d.
8. What is the significance of this story's title? How does it foreshadow Mama's actions? a.
b. c. d. 9. Is Mama a believable character? Why or why not? What about
her does or does not ring true? a. b.
c. d. |
