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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 the narrator say that the men on Joe's porch usually would do with the cane-knots if it were not so stiflingly hot outside?
(a) Give them to the horses.
(b) Swallow them.
(c) Hurl them.
(d) Chew them.

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

3. On the afternoon when Sykes and Bertha come to the store, what does the narrator say had even "collapsed under the heat"? (3)
(a) Common sense.
(b) Conversation.
(c) Good will.
(d) Friendships.

4. When Sykes declares how tired he is of Delia and leaves the house, what does he do on his way out?
(a) Slams the front door.
(b) Bangs on the mailbox.
(c) Kicks the fence.
(d) Slams the back gate.

5. When Sykes tells Delia that he has promised "some other men" (2) that he will not allow Delia to do laundry for white people, whose name is the only one he mentions?
(a) Dave.
(b) Gawd.
(c) Joe.
(d) Elijah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title does the narrator ascribe to Delia's job of doing other people's laundry?

2. For how long has Delia been doing people's laundry to bring in money?

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

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

5. Where does Delia say Sykes would disappear to with all of his wages during the first year of their marriage?

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