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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 title does the narrator ascribe to Delia's job of doing other people's laundry?
(a) Maid.
(b) Laundress.
(c) Tailor.
(d) Wash-woman.

2. Who says that Sykes had once come to his house when he was not home in order to try to seduce his wife?
(a) Jim.
(b) Elijah.
(c) Walter.
(d) Joe.

3. What type of material makes up the mattress of the bed in Delia's home?
(a) Buckwheat.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Sawdust.
(d) Hay.

4. When Delia tells Sykes she is not in the mood for a fight because she has just come from a particular place, what is that place?
(a) Bertha's house.
(b) The corner store.
(c) Church.
(d) City Hall.

5. When Delia goes into the yard to retrieve the washtub, what action does Sykes take inside the house?
(a) He kicks her sorted laundry back into one pile.
(b) He pours coffee over her sorted laundry.
(c) He hides her sorted laundry in the closet.
(d) He throws the sorted laundry into the backyard.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. For how long is Delia unable to speak when she feels the bullwhip across her shoulders?

4. When Sykes laughs at Delia for being scared of the bullwhip, what physical movement does he make?

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

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