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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Delia's washtub?
(a) Galvanized.
(b) Dented.
(c) Rusty.
(d) Shiny.

2. When Delia tells Sykes that she has been taking in laundry the whole time they have been married, what question does he immediately ask her?
(a) Whether dinner is ready.
(b) Where his share of the profits have gone.
(c) How the subject involves him.
(d) If she has salted the stew.

3. What instruction does Sykes insist that he has given Delia over and over again without her capitulation?
(a) To keep the stove clean.
(b) To answer him when he asks her a question.
(c) To keep white people's clothes out of the house.
(d) To have his dinner ready when he gets home from work.

4. When Delia goes into the yard to retrieve the washtub, what action does Sykes take inside the house?
(a) He kicks her sorted laundry back into one pile.
(b) He hides her sorted laundry in the closet.
(c) He pours coffee over her sorted laundry.
(d) He throws the sorted laundry into the backyard.

5. Where does Sykes say that he will kick the clothes the next time she brings them home?
(a) Into the lake.
(b) Down the street.
(c) Outdoors.
(d) Under a passing carriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. The bullwhip is described by the narrator as long, round, limp, and what?

2. When Sykes laughs at Delia for being scared of the bullwhip, what physical movement does he make?

3. 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?

4. What day of the week is considered the Sabbath within traditional Christianity?

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

(see the answer key)

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