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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 does Delia say she does for her pony that makes him belong to her?
(a) She fills his water trough.
(b) She feeds him.
(c) She shoes him.
(d) She brushes him.

2. For how long is Delia unable to speak when she feels the bullwhip across her shoulders?
(a) Thirty seconds.
(b) Fifteen seconds.
(c) Two minutes.
(d) One minute.

3. 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 keep the stove clean.
(d) To have his dinner ready when he gets home from work.

4. For how long has Delia been married to Sykes?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 10 years.

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 bear.
(b) A hyena.
(c) A vulture.
(d) A seagull.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joe Clarke says that there is no law in the world that will make a man act a certain way, what is that certain way he mentions?

2. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Delia's pose when she picks up the object after Sykes threatens to hit her?

3. What simile does Hurston use to characterize Delia's throwing off of her most habitual character trait?

4. Who says he would have married Delia himself if Sykes had not beaten him to it?

5. 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?

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