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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Sykes provide for his conclusion that the snake would never bite Delia?
(a) Because snakes do not bite masculine women.
(b) Because the snake would not want to risk breaking his fangs on her bony legs.
(c) Because the snake would recognize her as a fellow demon.
(d) Because the snake knows it would be killed.

2. Delia tells Sykes that she now hates him to the same degree that what?
(a) That Sykes loves Bertha.
(b) She hates the devil.
(c) That she used to love Sykes.
(d) That Sykes hates her.

3. What does the narrator say streams down like a "million hot arrows" (5) during the time when Delia and Sykes are not speaking to one another?
(a) The rays of the sun.
(b) The heat.
(c) The raindrops.
(d) The tense moments.

4. How much chewing gum does Sykes buy for Bertha at the store?
(a) A pound.
(b) Five gumballs.
(c) Ten sticks.
(d) A block.

5. What object does Walter say is best to use when charming a rattlesnake?
(a) A shotgun.
(b) A basket.
(c) A flute.
(d) A club.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Delia pick up immediately after Sykes threatens her in the kitchen?

2. When Delia sees the snake's fangs, she does not run away like usual, nor does she do what with her eyes as she has done in the past?

3. What adjective does Old Man Anderson use to describe his view of what kind of man Sykes had always been?

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

5. When Delia lies in bed mourning her lost love and friendship with her husband, she says it "is too late for everything" (2) except what?

(see the answer key)

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