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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What instruction does Sykes insist that he has given Delia over and over again without her capitulation?
(a) To keep the stove clean.
(b) To keep white people's clothes out of the house.
(c) To answer him when he asks her a question.
(d) To have his dinner ready when he gets home from work.

3. What kind of silence does the narrator say falls on the porch when Sykes and Bertha arrive at the store?
(a) Determined.
(b) Judgmental.
(c) Awkward.
(d) Hushed.

4. For how long has Bertha been living in Eatonville on the day Sykes takes her to the store?
(a) Three months.
(b) One week.
(c) Four months.
(d) Two weeks.

5. In what kind of establishment does Bertha live while having her rent paid in Eatonville?
(a) A bed-and-breakfast.
(b) A revival tent.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A boarding house.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes Delia as giving "a little scream of" (2) what when Sykes steps upon her laundry?

2. Against what object does Sykes strike his match?

3. What does Delia mean when she says that she will stay in the house until she is "toted out foot foremost"? (2)

4. 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?

5. What action does Dave say causes Bertha to look like a particular animal?

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