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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 day of the week is considered the Sabbath within traditional Christianity?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Saturday.

2. 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 bear.
(d) A vulture.

3. The narrator describes Delia as giving "a little scream of" (2) what when Sykes steps upon her laundry?
(a) Surprise.
(b) Rage.
(c) Outrage.
(d) Dismay.

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

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) Common sense.
(c) Conversation.
(d) Friendships.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sykes say he has been when Delia asks him where he has been with her horse and buckboard?

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

3. In addition to the adjective black, what other adjective does Delia use to describe Bertha the first time she brings her up to Sykes?

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

5. What object does Delia pick up immediately after Sykes threatens her in the kitchen?

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