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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does the narrator use to describe Delia's thoughts about her garden?
(a) Bountiful.
(b) Lovely.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Serene.

2. What substance does Delia demand that Sykes stop grinding into the clothes?
(a) Dust.
(b) Mud.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Grime.

3. What "habitual" character trait of Delia's seems "to slip from her shoulders" (1) after Sykes threatens her with physical violence?
(a) Meekness.
(b) Ease.
(c) Humility.
(d) Honesty.

4. When Sykes declares how tired he is of Delia and leaves the house, what does he do on his way out?
(a) Bangs on the mailbox.
(b) Slams the back gate.
(c) Kicks the fence.
(d) Slams the front door.

5. When Joe Lindsay says that there ought to be a law about Sykes's behavior, he says that Sykes "ain't fit tuh carry guts to a" (3) what?
(a) A seagull.
(b) A hyena.
(c) A vulture.
(d) A bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instruction does Sykes insist that he has given Delia over and over again without her capitulation?

2. What does Delia say she does for her pony that makes him belong to her?

3. What does Delia say she had brought to her marriage to Sykes?

4. What does the narrator say that the men on Joe's porch usually would do with the cane-knots if it were not so stiflingly hot outside?

5. When the scene shifts to the porch at the corner store for the first time, what month is it?

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