View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What beverage does Sykes drink slowly and deliberately before he responds to Delia's request that he remove the snake?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Water.
(c) Strawberry soda.
(d) Coffee.

2. What does Delia call the snake when she finds she cannot hear it rattling upon her arrival home?
(a) Damien.
(b) Beelzebub.
(c) Satan.
(d) Lucifer.

3. What kind of nuts had Sykes brought as a present to help him woo one of the men's wives?
(a) Cashews.
(b) Peanuts.
(c) Brazil nuts.
(d) Pecans.

4. Elijah says that Sykes has beaten Delia enough to kill how many women?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. The bullwhip is described by the narrator as long, round, limp, and what?
(a) Cold.
(b) Heavy.
(c) Black.
(d) Studded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Delia credit with paying for the house she and Sykes live in?

2. 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?

3. Who is the one villager mentioned by name who comes to the house to see Sykes's snake?

4. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Delia's pose when she picks up the object after Sykes threatens to hit her?

5. What does Delia call Sykes's action of scaring her with the bullwhip?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 228 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample