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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what task does Sykes state his lack of care about whether Delia ever gets the task done or not?
(a) Laundry.
(b) Whitewashing the house.
(c) Cooking dinner.
(d) Sweeping.

2. How long after their wedding had Sykes brutally beaten Delia?
(a) Two years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two months.
(d) Three months.

3. What does the narrator say that the men on Joe's porch usually would do with the cane-knots if it were not so stiflingly hot outside?
(a) Chew them.
(b) Hurl them.
(c) Give them to the horses.
(d) Swallow them.

4. Who says that Sykes had once come to his house when he was not home in order to try to seduce his wife?
(a) Joe.
(b) Walter.
(c) Jim.
(d) Elijah.

5. The narrator describes Delia's shoulders as thin and what?
(a) Strong.
(b) Sloped.
(c) Bent.
(d) Stooped.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Dave say causes Bertha to look like a particular animal?

2. What adjective does Sykes delightedly use to describe Bertha's shape?

3. What does the narrator say that Delia is able to "build...against her husband" (3) after she decides that he will reap what he sows?

4. Elijah says that Sykes has beaten Delia enough to kill how many women?

5. What two items does Sykes tell Joe Clarke he has come to buy?

(see the answer key)

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