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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 pet name does Sykes call Bertha when they are in the store?
(a) Honey.
(b) Darling.
(c) Kitten.
(d) Sweetness.

2. What object does Walter say is best to use when charming a rattlesnake?
(a) A basket.
(b) A flute.
(c) A club.
(d) A shotgun.

3. For how long is Delia unable to speak when she feels the bullwhip across her shoulders?
(a) One minute.
(b) Fifteen seconds.
(c) Thirty seconds.
(d) Two minutes.

4. What object does Sykes knock off of the stove, startling the rattlesnake?
(a) A can opener.
(b) A knife.
(c) A pot lid.
(d) A skillet.

5. What does Delia use as a metaphor to describe the rattlesnake once she settles under the bedroom window to listen?
(a) A ventriloquist.
(b) A magician.
(c) A juggler.
(d) A soothsayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill does Sykes learn from a Northern white woman?

2. The narrator says that each time Delia attempts what type of friendliness toward Sykes, her efforts come to naught?

3. When Delia comes home and finds Sykes standing in the kitchen doorway, she says that her only two options are to stoop under his arm or to do what?

4. Delia tells Sykes that his hide does not look like anything to her besides a bunch of wrinkled up what?

5. What two items does Sykes tell Joe Clarke he has come to buy?

(see the answer key)

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