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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 call Sykes's action of scaring her with the bullwhip?
(a) An injustice.
(b) A travesty.
(c) A sin.
(d) A joke.

2. When Delia tells Sykes she is not in the mood for a fight because she has just come from a particular place, what is that place?
(a) City Hall.
(b) Church.
(c) Bertha's house.
(d) The corner store.

3. What verb does the narrator use to describe what Delia's pose in the kitchen does to Sykes?
(a) It angers him.
(b) It scares him.
(c) It emasculates him.
(d) It cows him.

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

5. Elijah says that Sykes has beaten Delia enough to kill how many women?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Sykes say that he will kick the clothes the next time she brings them home?

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

4. What adjective does Sykes use to describe Delia just before he steps into the room where she is sorting laundry?

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?

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