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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator describes Sykes's choice of the laundry pile on which to step using which adjective?
(a) The biggest.
(b) The cleanest.
(c) The tidiest.
(d) The whitest.

3. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Delia's pose when she picks up the object after Sykes threatens to hit her?
(a) Menacing.
(b) Defensive.
(c) Murderous.
(d) Foreboding.

4. What does Delia say she had brought to her marriage to Sykes?
(a) Love.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Faith.
(d) Optimism.

5. On the afternoon when Sykes and Bertha come to the store, what does the narrator say had even "collapsed under the heat"? (3)
(a) Good will.
(b) Conversation.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Friendships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What verb does the narrator use to describe what Delia's pose in the kitchen does to Sykes?

2. What adjective does Sykes use to describe Delia just before he steps into the room where she is sorting laundry?

3. What gesture does Delia make toward the men on Joe's porch as she passes by?

4. When the narrator states that Delia lies awake thinking about debris cluttering a certain kind of trail, what adjective is used to describe that trail?

5. Jim says that Sykes has always been crazy about what kind of women?

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