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

2. What does the narrator say that Delia is able to "build...against her husband" (3) after she decides that he will reap what he sows?
(a) A code of silence.
(b) A wall of hatred.
(c) A decadent shroud.
(d) A spiritual earthworks.

3. What adjective does Sykes use to describe Delia just before he steps into the room where she is sorting laundry?
(a) Aggravating.
(b) Annoying.
(c) Solicitous.
(d) Dissembling.

4. What title does the narrator ascribe to Delia's job of doing other people's laundry?
(a) Laundress.
(b) Wash-woman.
(c) Maid.
(d) Tailor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what room does Delia sort the clothes she will launder?

2. When Sykes calls Delia a hypocrite, what sin does he accuse her of committing to warrant this label?

3. Who says that Sykes had once come to his house when he was not home in order to try to seduce his wife?

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. The bullwhip is described by the narrator as long, round, limp, and what?

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