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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What action does Delia say she had taken so that she could avoid being in close proximity to Sykes?
(a) Paid Bertha's rent at the boarding house.
(b) Changed churches.
(c) Taken a second job.
(d) Worked longer hours.

3. What skill does Sykes learn from a Northern white woman?
(a) How to run a store.
(b) How to raise chickens.
(c) How to drive a car.
(d) How to read.

4. When Sykes leaves and Delia feels certain that he will not be home until a certain time, when is that time?
(a) After dawn.
(b) The following week.
(c) Nearly daybreak.
(d) The following night.

5. What verb does the narrator use to describe what Delia's pose in the kitchen does to Sykes?
(a) It angers him.
(b) It cows him.
(c) It scares him.
(d) It emasculates him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sykes say that he will kick the clothes the next time she brings them home?

2. What adjective does Sykes delightedly use to describe Bertha's shape?

3. How much does Joe Clarke ask each man to give him in order to pay for the watermelon they will all share?

4. What wakes Delia from her slumber in the hay barn?

5. For how long has Delia been doing people's laundry to bring in money?

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