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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Delia say she had brought to her marriage to Sykes?
(a) Faith.
(b) Love.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Optimism.

2. When the men all grunt in approval in response to Old Man Anderson's suggestion that they kill Sykes, what does the narrator say then melts with the heat?
(a) Their stick-to-it-iveness.
(b) Their moral turpitude.
(c) Their determination.
(d) Their civic virtue.

3. Why does Delia pay little attention to the soap box when she first sees it?
(a) Because she knows Sykes must have brought it there.
(b) Because she often keeps old soap boxes lying around.
(c) Because the reverend had come over earlier in the day and had used it as a stool.
(d) Because it was just another piece of refuse littering her yard.

4. What adjective does Old Man Anderson use to describe his view of what kind of man Sykes had always been?
(a) Mean.
(b) Overbearing.
(c) Haughty.
(d) Proud.

5. What skill does Sykes learn from a Northern white woman?
(a) How to read.
(b) How to run a store.
(c) How to drive a car.
(d) How to raise chickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joe Clarke says that there is no law in the world that will make a man act a certain way, what is that certain way he mentions?

2. What is NOT one event listed as taking place during the dog days of summer in Eatonville?

3. What type of rattlesnake does Sykes say the snake is?

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

5. What kind of silence does the narrator say falls on the porch when Sykes and Bertha arrive at the store?

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