1. 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?
(a) Matrimonial.
(b) Philosophical.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Familial.

2. What does Delia say Sykes had brought to their marriage?
(a) Lies.
(b) Anger.
(c) Violence.
(d) A longing after the flesh.

3. What does Delia say she had brought to her marriage to Sykes?
(a) Faith.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Love.
(d) Optimism.

4. What does the narrator say that the men on Joe's porch do with the cane-knots on the day Sykes and Bertha come to the store, due to the extreme heat?
(a) They let them dribble over the edge of the porch.
(b) They kick them out of the way.
(c) They pile them in their laps.
(d) They let them be eaten by the dogs.

5. In what season does the story entitled "Sweat" begin?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The narrator describes Sykes's choice of the laundry pile on which to step using which adjective?

3. When Sykes declares how tired he is of Delia and leaves the house, what does he do on his way out?

4. For how long has Delia been married to Sykes?

5. Where does Delia place the washtub when she returns from the yard with it in her hands?

(see the answer key)

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