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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) Laundress.
(b) Wash-woman.
(c) Maid.
(d) Tailor.

2. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Delia's pose when she picks up the object after Sykes threatens to hit her?
(a) Menacing.
(b) Defensive.
(c) Murderous.
(d) Foreboding.

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 spiritual earthworks.
(b) A code of silence.
(c) A decadent shroud.
(d) A wall of hatred.

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

5. Where does Delia say Sykes would disappear to with all of his wages during the first year of their marriage?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Myrtle Beach.
(c) Sarasota.
(d) Tampa.

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. What adjective does Sykes use to describe Delia just before he steps into the room where she is sorting laundry?

3. When Sykes calls Delia a hypocrite, what sin does he accuse her of committing to warrant this label?

4. In what season does the story entitled "Sweat" begin?

5. How long after their wedding had Sykes brutally beaten Delia?

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