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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day of the week does Delia collect and deliver clothes using her pony and buckboard?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Sunday.

2. What does Sykes tell Delia he will do if she argues with him about taking in white people's laundry?
(a) Shove her.
(b) Punch her.
(c) Kick her.
(d) Strangle her.

3. 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?
(a) Faithful.
(b) Decent.
(c) Conscientious.
(d) Loving.

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

5. What word does the narrator use to describe Delia's thoughts about her garden?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Lovely.
(c) Serene.
(d) Bountiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Delia goes into the yard to retrieve the washtub, what action does Sykes take inside the house?

2. What does Delia mean when she says that she will stay in the house until she is "toted out foot foremost"? (2)

3. When Delia tells Sykes that she has been taking in laundry the whole time they have been married, what question does he immediately ask her?

4. What "habitual" character trait of Delia's seems "to slip from her shoulders" (1) after Sykes threatens her with physical violence?

5. Against what object does Sykes strike his match?

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