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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long has Delia been doing people's laundry to bring in money?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

3. When Sykes calls Delia a hypocrite, what sin does he accuse her of committing to warrant this label?
(a) Working on the Sabbath.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Being proud.
(d) Lying.

4. Where does Delia place the washtub when she returns from the yard with it in her hands?
(a) On the bedroom floor.
(b) In the kitchen sink.
(c) On the back porch.
(d) On the washbench.

5. In what season does the story entitled "Sweat" begin?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. When one of the men's wives had repelled Sykes's advances, she had told him that Delia worked so hard that she bet everything in the house tasted like sweat and what?

2. What substance does Delia demand that Sykes stop grinding into the clothes?

3. Before Delia begs Sykes to kill the rattlesnake he has brought home, what does she ask him to do with it?

4. What title does the narrator ascribe to Delia's job of doing other people's laundry?

5. How many miles away from Delia's house is the town of Woodbridge?

(see the answer key)

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