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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What simile does the narrator use to describe the snake's fangs curving into the covering of its soap box?
(a) Needles.
(b) Scimitars.
(c) Door latches.
(d) String bows.

2. 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) Friendships.
(c) Conversation.
(d) Good will.

3. When Delia wonders why the snake has gone quiet, she hopes that perhaps her threats had frightened Sykes or that they had perhaps even made him feel what?
(a) Regretful.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Sorry.
(d) Angry.

4. About what task does Sykes state his lack of care about whether Delia ever gets the task done or not?
(a) Whitewashing the house.
(b) Cooking dinner.
(c) Sweeping.
(d) Laundry.

5. When Delia first sees the soap box Sykes has brought home, next to what object is the soap box sitting?
(a) The washtub.
(b) The garden hose.
(c) The chair.
(d) The stairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Delia goes into the yard to retrieve the washtub, what action does Sykes take inside the house?

2. What "habitual" character trait of Delia's seems "to slip from her shoulders" (1) after Sykes threatens her with physical violence?

3. What kind of indifference does the narrator say Delia comes to feel about everything Sykes says or does after she realizes that his evil deeds will revisit him in the end?

4. Sykes assures Bertha that he is the "swellest man in the whole" (5) what?

5. What time of day is it when Sykes arrives home and is unaware of Delia's presence in the hay barn?

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