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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what task does Sykes state his lack of care about whether Delia ever gets the task done or not?
(a) Laundry.
(b) Cooking dinner.
(c) Sweeping.
(d) Whitewashing the house.

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

3. What does the narrator say that Delia is able to "build...against her husband" (3) after she decides that he will reap what he sows?
(a) A wall of hatred.
(b) A decadent shroud.
(c) A spiritual earthworks.
(d) A code of silence.

4. What does Delia do with the clothes after Sykes steps on them?
(a) She stands between him and the clothes to protect them.
(b) She takes them outside.
(c) She throws them at him.
(d) She gathers them together again.

5. On what day of the week does Delia collect and deliver clothes using her pony and buckboard?
(a) Monday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Wednesday.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to the adjective black, what other adjective does Delia use to describe Bertha the first time she brings her up to Sykes?

2. In what room does Delia sort the clothes she will launder?

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

4. For how long has Delia been doing people's laundry to bring in money?

5. What adjective does Old Man Anderson use when he says that Sykes has gotten too something to live?

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