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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 adjective does the narrator use to describe Delia's washtub?
(a) Dented.
(b) Shiny.
(c) Galvanized.
(d) Rusty.

2. Where does Sykes say that he will kick the clothes the next time she brings them home?
(a) Outdoors.
(b) Under a passing carriage.
(c) Down the street.
(d) Into the lake.

3. When the narrator states that Delia lies awake thinking about debris cluttering a certain kind of trail, what adjective is used to describe that trail?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Familial.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Matrimonial.

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) Church.
(c) City Hall.
(d) The corner store.

5. Where does Sykes say he has been when Delia asks him where he has been with her horse and buckboard?
(a) With Bertha.
(b) At the corner store.
(c) He does not say.
(d) At church.

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. What type of material makes up the mattress of the bed in Delia's home?

3. What does Delia say she had brought to her marriage to Sykes?

4. When the scene shifts to the porch at the corner store for the first time, what month is it?

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

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