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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instruction does Sykes insist that he has given Delia over and over again without her capitulation?
(a) To have his dinner ready when he gets home from work.
(b) To keep the stove clean.
(c) To keep white people's clothes out of the house.
(d) To answer him when he asks her a question.

2. In what room does Delia sort the clothes she will launder?
(a) Study.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Dining room.
(d) Bedroom.

3. What adjective does Sykes use to describe Delia just before he steps into the room where she is sorting laundry?
(a) Solicitous.
(b) Aggravating.
(c) Dissembling.
(d) Annoying.

4. What gesture does Delia make toward the men on Joe's porch as she passes by?
(a) She nods.
(b) She turns away.
(c) She makes the sign of the evil eye.
(d) She waves.

5. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Delia's washtub?
(a) Shiny.
(b) Galvanized.
(c) Dented.
(d) Rusty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Walter say he sees Sykes do every time he passes a woman?

2. When Sykes tells Delia that he has promised "some other men" (2) that he will not allow Delia to do laundry for white people, whose name is the only one he mentions?

3. What substance does Delia demand that Sykes stop grinding into the clothes?

4. What word does the narrator use to describe Delia's thoughts about her garden?

5. For what purpose does the narrator say Delia had built and improved upon her little home?

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