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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Delia say she does for her pony that makes him belong to her?
(a) She shoes him.
(b) She brushes him.
(c) She feeds him.
(d) She fills his water trough.

2. 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 code of silence.
(c) A decadent shroud.
(d) A spiritual earthworks.

3. What substance does Delia demand that Sykes stop grinding into the clothes?
(a) Grime.
(b) Mud.
(c) Dust.
(d) Dirt.

4. When Sykes laughs at Delia for being scared of the bullwhip, what physical movement does he make?
(a) He crosses his legs.
(b) He slaps his leg.
(c) He wipes his face.
(d) He stomps his foot.

5. On the afternoon when Sykes and Bertha come to the store, what does the narrator say had even "collapsed under the heat"? (3)
(a) Common sense.
(b) Good will.
(c) Conversation.
(d) Friendships.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Delia tells Sykes that she has been taking in laundry the whole time they have been married, what question does he immediately ask her?

2. Where does Sykes say he has been when Delia asks him where he has been with her horse and buckboard?

3. What kind of nuts had Sykes brought as a present to help him woo one of the men's wives?

4. What simile does Hurston use to characterize Delia's throwing off of her most habitual character trait?

5. The narrator describes Delia's shoulders as thin and what?

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