Daily puzzle

Put Everyday Use back in order

Seven beats from our edition of Everyday Use by Alice Walker, shuffled. Drag them, or use the arrows, until the story runs straight. No account, no streak to lose.

  1. The waiting yard Mama and Maggie prepare the clean dirt yard for Dee's arrival, and Mama imagines a televised reunion that real life will not deliver.
  2. Two daughters Mama remembers the house fire that scarred Maggie, Dee's old contempt for their poverty, and the schooling that took Dee away.
  3. Wangero Dee appears in dazzling clothes with a new name and a companion, announcing she has shed the identity tied to oppression.
  4. Collecting relics Dee gathers household objects as artifacts, claiming the churn top and dasher as decorative pieces of culture.
  5. The quilts Dee asks for the two pieced quilts, but Mama reveals they are already promised to Maggie for her marriage.
  6. Mama decides When Maggie meekly offers to surrender them, Mama takes the quilts from Dee and places them in Maggie's lap.
  7. Departure Dee drives off scolding them for missing their heritage, while Mama and Maggie enjoy a peaceful evening together.