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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 Delia picks up an object and strikes a pose after being threatened by Sykes, what does the narrator state as the action that Sykes refrains from performing, though he usually would perform it right away in such a situation?
(a) Yelling at Delia.
(b) Leaving the house.
(c) Striking Delia.
(d) Calling the magistrate.

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 decadent shroud.
(c) A spiritual earthworks.
(d) A wall of hatred.

3. What type of material makes up the mattress of the bed in Delia's home?
(a) Buckwheat.
(b) Hay.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Sawdust.

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

5. Against what object does Sykes strike his match?
(a) His corduroy breeches.
(b) The sole of his boot.
(c) The matchbox.
(d) The fireplace mantel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Walter say he sees Sykes do every time he passes a woman?

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

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

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?

5. What kind of nuts had Sykes brought as a present to help him woo one of the men's wives?

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