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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much coffee does Sykes ask Joe Clarke to sell him?
(a) Two pounds.
(b) Half of a pound.
(c) A pound.
(d) Three pounds.

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?
(a) Roll them.
(b) Close them.
(c) Avert them.
(d) Dart them.

3. When Sykes leaves and Delia feels certain that he will not be home until a certain time, when is that time?
(a) Nearly daybreak.
(b) The following night.
(c) The following week.
(d) After dawn.

4. What does the narrator say "pleased him for Delia to see" (4) when Sykes is ordering at Joe Clarke's store?
(a) The spending of her money.
(b) His mistress accompanying him out in public.
(c) His determination to ignore her.
(d) His flagrant abuse of her pony with his bullwhip.

5. 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) Swallow them.
(b) Hurl them.
(c) Chew them.
(d) Give them to the horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill does Sykes learn from a Northern white woman?

2. When Delia says that Sykes can lie with Bertha as much as he wants, what condition does she put on her assent?

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

4. When the snake starts to rattle incessantly inside its soap box, movements in what two locations cause him to rattle?

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

(see the answer key)

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