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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purpose does the narrator say Delia had built and improved upon her little home?
(a) For her old age.
(b) For her husband's happiness.
(c) For her children.
(d) For her security.

2. What is NOT one event listed as taking place during the dog days of summer in Eatonville?
(a) Swimming holes drying up.
(b) Leaves browning.
(c) Grass withering.
(d) Snakes shedding.

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

4. What does the narrator say that Delia is able to "build...against her husband" (3) after she decides that he will reap what he sows?
(a) A decadent shroud.
(b) A wall of hatred.
(c) A code of silence.
(d) A spiritual earthworks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sykes declares how tired he is of Delia and leaves the house, what does he do on his way out?

2. When the scene shifts to the porch at the corner store for the first time, what month is it?

3. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Delia's pose when she picks up the object after Sykes threatens to hit her?

4. To what animal does Dave compare Bertha after she has left the store with Sykes?

5. What does the narrator say that the men on Joe's porch do with the cane-knots on the day Sykes and Bertha come to the store, due to the extreme heat?

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