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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 Sykes calls Delia a hypocrite, what sin does he accuse her of committing to warrant this label?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Lying.
(c) Working on the Sabbath.
(d) Being proud.

2. For how long has Delia been doing people's laundry to bring in money?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 10 years.

3. 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) Lonely.
(b) Matrimonial.
(c) Familial.
(d) Philosophical.

4. What kind of indifference does the narrator say Delia comes to feel about everything Sykes says or does after she realizes that his evil deeds will revisit him in the end?
(a) Uneasy.
(b) Triumphant.
(c) Tremendous.
(d) Bored.

5. What gesture does Delia make toward the men on Joe's porch as she passes by?
(a) She turns away.
(b) She nods.
(c) She makes the sign of the evil eye.
(d) She waves.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how long is Delia unable to speak when she feels the bullwhip across her shoulders?

3. On what day of the week does Delia collect and deliver clothes using her pony and buckboard?

4. Against what object does Sykes strike his match?

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

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