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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who owns the disreputable boarding house in Eatonville?
(a) Elijah Moseley.
(b) Joe Clarke.
(c) Sally Anderson.
(d) Della Lewis.

3. What does the narrator say the sun has done to turn July to August?
(a) Scorched it into August.
(b) Melted it into August.
(c) Smashed it into August.
(d) Burned it into August.

4. Who drives past the store just when Sykes is ordering food for Bertha at the store?
(a) Sykes's former mistress.
(b) Joe Clarke's daughter.
(c) Elijah's wife.
(d) Delia.

5. What tool does Joe Clarke offer to lend the men so they can cut the watermelon for sharing?
(a) His machete.
(b) His bowie knife.
(c) His switchblade.
(d) His meat knife.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. What causes the snake to come alive and start to rattle incessantly?

4. When Delia first sees the soap box Sykes has brought home, next to what object is the soap box sitting?

5. Who is the one villager mentioned by name who comes to the house to see Sykes's snake?

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