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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purpose does the narrator say Delia had built and improved upon her little home?
(a) For her security.
(b) For her old age.
(c) For her husband's happiness.
(d) For her children.

2. Who says he would have married Delia himself if Sykes had not beaten him to it?
(a) Elijah.
(b) Jim.
(c) Joe.
(d) Walter.

3. What simile does Walter use to describe how pretty Delia had been as a young woman?
(a) A two-dollar ribbon.
(b) A striped kitten.
(c) A peacock.
(d) A speckled pup.

4. When one of the men's wives had repelled Sykes's advances, she had told him that Delia worked so hard that she bet everything in the house tasted like sweat and what?
(a) Soapsuds.
(b) Grime.
(c) Mud.
(d) Lye.

5. The narrator describes Delia's shoulders as thin and what?
(a) Bent.
(b) Sloped.
(c) Stooped.
(d) Strong.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What does Delia call Sykes's action of scaring her with the bullwhip?

5. Where does Delia say Sykes would disappear to with all of his wages during the first year of their marriage?

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