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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of nuts had Sykes brought as a present to help him woo one of the men's wives?
(a) Brazil nuts.
(b) Pecans.
(c) Peanuts.
(d) Cashews.

2. Who pays Bertha's rent in Eatonville?
(a) Bertha's ex-husband.
(b) Walter.
(c) Joe Clarke.
(d) Sykes.

3. What does the narrator say streams down like a "million hot arrows" (5) during the time when Delia and Sykes are not speaking to one another?
(a) The rays of the sun.
(b) The raindrops.
(c) The heat.
(d) The tense moments.

4. How much coffee does Sykes ask Joe Clarke to sell him?
(a) Half of a pound.
(b) Three pounds.
(c) Two pounds.
(d) A pound.

5. Sykes assures Bertha that he is the "swellest man in the whole" (5) what?
(a) Country.
(b) State.
(c) Town.
(d) County.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does the narrator say the sun has done to turn July to August?

3. What simile does Hurston use to characterize Delia's throwing off of her most habitual character trait?

4. What does the narrator say about how Bertha goes about making Delia's goal impossible to achieve?

5. The narrator describes Delia's shoulders as thin and what?

(see the answer key)

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